self-existence
- a word derived from self-existent.
Example Sentences
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Self-existence necessarily means existence without a beginning; and to form a conception of self-existence is to form a conception of existence without a beginning.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
We see, also, that unlimited duration is an absurdity; that duration must be limited; and that self-existence involves existence out of all relation to duration.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
Solipsism, sol′ip-sizm, n. the theory that self-existence is the only certainty, absolute egoism—the extreme form of subjective idealism.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It is no reply to say that the idea of God involves self-existence.
From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman
Is it not impossible to distinguish between different gradations of illusions, and is it not, therefore, possible that even self-existence is an illusion?
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
