sensualistic

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I will not seek whether the sensualistic metaphysics can arrive at an infinite being, author of the universe and man.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

We fear that even the confession of sensualistic atheism by Solovieff will not prevent his memory from being cherished by thousands of his countrymen.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various

One thing is certain, we cannot go back to the old dogmatic standpoint, whether rationalistic or sensualistic.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

The history of Hearn's ghoulish pleasure in the gruesome and sensualistic, runs from the tan-yard horror and Cincinnati reportorial days, through the translated stories of the New Orleans epoch, to his "St. Anthony."

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

It remained for the Scottish school under Thomas Reid to combat both the sensualistic philosophy of Voltaire and Locke, and the skepticism of Hume.

From The Interdependence of Literature by Curtis, Georgina Pell