Bodiliness

/ˈbɒdɪliːnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being bodily; having physical substance or material form, the opposite of bodilessness.

Etymology

From 'bodily' (adjective/adverb from 'body') plus the abstract noun suffix '-ness'. This forms a noun describing the quality of corporeality or physical existence.

Kelly Says

While 'bodilessness' is poetic, 'bodiliness' is the truly radical concept—philosophers who insist on the reality and importance of bodily experience, not as a limitation but as fundamental to consciousness, are defending bodiliness against pure abstraction.

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