sublate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of sublate
First recorded in 1850–55; from Latin sublat(us), past participle of tollere “to lift, raise up, remove”
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Hence also the sloka last referred to does not sublate the reality of the world.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
Nor is there any valid line of reasoning to sublate that perception.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
Even if bondage were something unreal, and therefore capable of sublation by knowledge, yet being something direct, immediate, it could not be sublated by the indirect comprehension of the sense of texts.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
Where two cognitions are mutually contradictory, there the latter relation holds good, and there is non-persistence of what is sublated.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
For a real effected thing, such as a golden ornament, is perceived during the whole period intervening between its origination and destruction, and such perception is not sublated with regard to that time and place.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
Being and not-being are so mediated and sublated in becoming that they are no longer contradictory.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
That which we are compelled to “posit,” which cannot be sublated, is that which is, and in the recognition of this lies the simple conception of being.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Brahman, although no sublating cognition presents itself.—This conclusion admits of various expressions in logical form.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
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