sublate
Americanverb (used with object)
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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 George Thibaut
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
The conscious states experienced in dreams are not unreal; it is only their objects that are false; these objects only, not the conscious states, are sublated by the waking consciousness.
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
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
On the other hand, effects, such as fear and the like, may come to an end because they can be sublated by means of knowledge of superior force.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
The correct principle is that all reality is determined by states of consciousness not sublated by valid means of proof.
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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