ab aeterno
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Therefore we are driven back upon a process ab aeterno with every stage of evolution always simultaneously represented in one part or other of the whole.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George
A process ab aeterno is at least as unimaginable as the process of creation ex nihilo; if it be not altogether inconceivable to boot.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George
St. Thomas has stated, as his considered opinion, that the impossibility of creatio ab aeterno cannot be proved.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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