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Full Idea
In Hegel's time the shorthand for the Naturalistic worldview was 'Spinozism'.
Gist of Idea
In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism'
Source
Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], 10)
Book Ref
Pinkard,Terry: 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' [CUP 2002], p.258
A Reaction
Spinozism hit Germany like a bomb in 1786, when it was reported that the poet Hölderlin was a fan of Spinoza.