the doctrine that the world may be made better by human effort
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meliorismthe doctrine that the world may be made better by human effort.
melioristthe doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort
meliorismThe belief that the world can be made better by human effort
gnosticismA prominent heretical movement of the 2nd-century Christian Church, partly of pre-Christian origin. Gnostic doctrine taught that the world was created and ruled by a lesser divinity, the demiurge, and that Christ was an emissary of the remote supreme divine being, esoteric knowledge (gnosis) of whom enabled the redemption of the human spirit
determinismThe doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions