perseity

American

[per-sey-i-tee, -see-] / pərˈseɪ ɪ ti, -ˈsi- /

noun

(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.

Etymology

Origin of perseity

1685–95; < Medieval Latin persēitās, equivalent to Latin per sē per se + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

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A God, as distinguished from the absolute, creates things by projecting them beyond himself as so many substances, each endowed with perseity, as the scholastics call it.

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