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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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 George Thibaut
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 George Thibaut
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
This consciousness is a real result; for it is not sublated by the waking consciousness.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut
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 George Thibaut
Our Lord's Passion is His sublimest action—an action so potent that all His other actions are sublated in it, and we know everything when we know that He died for our sins.
From The Atonement and the Modern Mind by James Denney
Nor can you say 'Brahman'; for Brahman is nothing but self-luminous intelligence, and hence contradictory in nature to Nescience, which is avowedly sublated by knowledge.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
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 George Thibaut
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