Hylozoism is a philosophical concept that all matter is alive, and movement is immanent to matter.
History[edit | edit source]
Hylozoism was inspired by proto-philosophical beliefs of animism. It was originated by 
Thales of Miletus, in his claim "everything is animated, as we can see it in amber and magnet". Other philosophers advocating for Hylozoism were the rest 
Milesian School members, 
Anaximander and 
Anaximenes and 
Heraclitus, 
Leucippus and 
Democritus.
Pythagoreans, 
Empedocles and 
Anaxagoras opposed hylozoism, but this tendency returned through 
Epicureanism and later 
Giordano Bruno, and contemporary philosopher Pierre de Chardin.
