Wolfianadj.1n.1
/ˈvɒlfɪən//ˈwʊlfɪən/ A. adj.1
Pertaining to the philosophical system of Wolf, which was an eclectic adaptation of Leibnizianism and scholasticism.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [adjective] > relating to particular philosophers or doctrines
Leibnizian1765
Wolfian1843
Wolfio-Leibnitzian1877
meliorist1884
melioristic1888
ameliorist1930
1843 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 163 The influence of the Wolfian philosophy.
1874 G. S. Morris tr. F. Ueberweg Hist. Philos. II. 116 Lange..sought.. to demonstrate the Spinozistic and atheistic character of the Wolffian doctrine.
B. n.1
An adherent of this system.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [noun] > Wolfianism and its adherents
Wolfian1791
Wolfianism1843
1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. 572 Almost every German university was inflamed with disputes on the subject of liberty and necessity; and the names of Wolfians and Anti-Wolfians were every where heard.
Derivatives
ˈWolfianism n. the philosophical system of Wolf.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [noun] > Wolfianism and its adherents
Wolfian1791
Wolfianism1843
1843 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 164 It is undoubtedly to Wolfianism that we are to trace, in great measure, that coldness and lifelessness which characterizes the sermons of the latter part of the preceding century.
ˈWolfianize v. (transitive) to render Wolfian.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [verb (transitive)] > particular doctrines
Wolfianize1843
1843 Eclectic Rev. Feb. 165 The already Wolfianized mind of the rising ministry.
ˈWolfio-Leibˈnitzian adj. characterized by a combination of Wolfian and Leibnizian views.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [adjective] > relating to particular philosophers or doctrines
Leibnizian1765
Wolfian1843
Wolfio-Leibnitzian1877
meliorist1884
melioristic1888
ameliorist1930
1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant i. 150 The artificial harmonies of the Wolffio-Leibnitzian philosophy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
Wolfianadj.2n.2
/ˈvɒlfɪən//ˈwʊlfɪən/ A. adj.2
Of or pertaining to F. A. Wolf or his theory regarding the Homeric poems (developed in his Prolegomena ad Homerum, 1795).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [adjective] > specific theories of Homeric poems
Wolfian1824
Pisistratean1846
Pisistratid1968
1824 T. De Quincey Historico-crit. Inq. Rosicrucians & Free-masons in London Mag. Jan. 5/1 Was the Iliad the work of one mind, or (on the Wolfian hypothesis) of many?
1875 W. D. Geddes in Contemp. Rev. July 234 The Wolfian theory..that the Homeric poems were a congeries of originally independent lays..moulded into a unity in the time of Pisistratus.
B. n.2
One who accepts this theory.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > study of Homeric poems > one who > holding specific theory
Wolfian1875
separator1878
separatist1903
1875 W. D. Geddes in Contemp. Rev. July 235 Next to him [sc. G. Hermann] in importance among the later Wolfians..stands Lachmann.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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