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But, in all of them, she manages to maintain the self-contained self-evidence and untethered potential of more ordinary flat rectangles.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2017

The self-evidence of ecumenical relations between the churches is now a fact.

From Time Magazine Archive

But although this sort of self-evidence is an absolute guarantee of truth, it does not enable us to be absolutely certain, in the case of any given judgement, that the judgement in question is true.

From The Problems of Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

"There appears to be no distinct principle, having any claim to self-evidence, upon which the question can be answered so as to command general assent."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

The day is not yet, but it is coming, when self-evidence will be claimed, and granted, as to all human knowledge, and the sooner it comes the better will it be for the world.

From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Leland, Charles Godfrey