Agapastic
/ˌæɡəˈpæstɪk/noun
Relating to evolution or development through cooperation, sympathy, or creative love rather than conflict alone.
Did you know?Charles Sanders Peirce used “agapastic” to describe evolution through evolutionary love, contrasting it with chance-driven tychastic change and necessity-driven anancastic change.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἀγάπη (agápē)
“Love, especially affectionate or charitable love”
Late Antiquity
Greek
ἀγαπητικός (agapētikós)
“Loving or characterized by love”
Late Latin
Latin
agape
“Christian love or a communal love-feast”
19th Century
English
agapism
“The doctrine that love or sympathy is a force in ethical and social development”
1893
English
agapastic
“In Peirce’s evolutionary philosophy, developing through love, sympathy, or creative continuity”
Modern English
English
agapastic
“Relating to development through cooperation or evolutionary love”
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