world process
Americannoun
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change within time, regarded as meaningful in relation to a transcendent principle or plan.
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Hegelianism. change, regarded as the temporal expression and fulfillment of the absolute idea.
Example Sentences
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He considered the world process to consist in sorting out confused things and the gradual establishment of order.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Both in its account of the world process and in its scheme of salvation the Sâṅkhya ignores theism in the same way as did the Buddha.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
As there is no ultimate beginning in time of this world process, so there is no time at which any person first began his actions or experiences.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
It is on account of karma that the souls have to suffer all the experiences of this world process, including births and rebirths in diverse spheres of life as gods, men or animals, or insects.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
To bring about this replunge into Nirvana is the goal of the world process.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
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