一いち元げん論ろん

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Meanings

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monism

Philosophical term for the view that reality consists of one fundamental substance or principle.

一いち元げん論ろんは、精せい神しんと物ぶっ質しつを一ひとつの原げん理りで説せつ明めいしようとする。
Monism attempts to explain mind and matter through a single principle.

one, one radical (no.1)

元beginning, former time, origin

論argument, discourse

Similar words

二に元げん論ろん
二元論 (dualism) posits two fundamental substances or principles, in contrast to 一元論's single principle.
多た元げん論ろん
多元論 (pluralism) holds that there are many fundamental substances or principles, unlike 一元論's single principle.

Etymology

From 一 (one) + 元 (origin, principle) + 論 (theory, argument). A modern philosophical term likely coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western 'monism'.