aseity
/əˈsiː.ɪ.ti/
aseity noun: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.
Noun
aseity (countable and uncountable, plural aseities)
- The attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.
- He is Spiritual, for were He composed of physical parts, some other power would have to combine them into the total, and his aseity would thus be contradicted.1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philosophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 439
- All the theistic arguments — the ontological, the moral, the cosmological, and the teleological — are interpreted in the light of experience and given an empirical form. God thus becomes "the Absolute of experimental religion." On the one hand, we have the moral attributes which include holiness...1920, The Homiletic Review, Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 266
- Antonyms:
- contingency, createdness, dependence, derivedness
aseity meaning in Bengali
aseity in Bengali
- স্বয়ংসম্পূর্ণ অস্তিত্ব
Examples of aseity in a sentence
- One might object that in fact we are concerned here with an essential unoriginatedness of the Father, hence practically with aseity.1970, Karl Rahner, The Trinity, Herder and Herder, →ISBN, page 84:
- ‘Transcendence’ — he is the Lord, perfect in freedom, sovereignty, aseity, uncontained, unrestrained, self-willing sovereign God.2007, Simon Ponsonby, God Inside Out, Kingsway Publications, →ISBN, page 89:
Antonyms of aseity
Forms of aseity
| plural | aseities |
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Origin of aseity
From Medieval Latin aseitas (“state of being by itself”), from Classical Latin a se + -itas.
Words formed from aseity
Questions about aseity
- What does aseity mean?
- Aseity means the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.
- What is aseity in Bengali?
- Aseity in Bengali is স্বয়ংসম্পূর্ণ অস্তিত্ব. See Aseity meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use aseity in a sentence?
- One might object that in fact we are concerned here with an essential unoriginatedness of the Father, hence practically with aseity.
- What part of speech is aseity?
- Aseity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aseity?
- Aseity is pronounced /əˈsiː.ɪ.ti/.
- What is the plural of aseity?
- The plural of aseity is aseities.
Words near aseity in the dictionary
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