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voluntarismMetaphysical or psychological system that assigns a more predominant role to the will (Latin, voluntas) than to the intellect. Christian philosophers who have been described as voluntarist include St. Augustine, John Duns Scotus, and Blaise Pascal. A metaphysical voluntarism was propounded in the 19th century by Arthur Schopenhauer, who took will to be the single, unconscious force behind all of reality and all ideas of reality. An existentialist voluntarism was present in Friedrich Nietzsche's doctrine of the overriding “will to power” whereby man would eventually recreate himself as “superman.” And a pragmatic voluntarism is evident in William James's conception of knowledge and truth in terms of purpose and practical ends. |
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3 Grant-making, Fundraising & Voluntarism Promotion 28,642 2. The SBC capped all this activity in 1924 and 1925 by authorizing and establishing the Cooperative Program (CP), a denomination-wide, annual system of giving based on the principles of regularity, proportionality (tithing), and voluntarism. The defeat of voluntarism and a decline in conviviality allowed for the creation of bodies like the National Deposit Friendly Society--a very different kind of organization from its ancestors. |
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