external relation

noun

, Philosophy.

1. a relation between any two entities such that if they had not been in this relation to each other, the nature of each would not necessarily have been different.

Example Sentences

And to call it an external relation makes no practical difference if it is universal and uniform.

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It interprets this mutual dependence as a purely external relation.

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Innate ideas he conceives as bearing a purely external relation to mind.

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There is a purely external relation existing between sensation and the understanding.

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Activities are qualities which, like all qualities, are in external relation to the substance.

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