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Definition of Existences

1. existence [n] - See also: existence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Existences

Literary usage of Existences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"IV /Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Dependence of Phenomenal Existences In the preceding remarks, we considered the changes in the ..."

2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"V. HUMAN KNOWLEDGE OF REAL Existences: SELF, GOD, AND OUTWARD THINGS. Is human understanding actually, or at least virtually, As to in possession, ..."

3. Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren (1896)
"This makes two existences in the realm of sensual pleasure besides the therewith included existence in the realm of perception and existence five times ..."

4. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghoṣa (1921)
"The Beginningless Round of Existences. The primary mission of the Buddha was to deliver mankind from the frightful jungle or ocean of the Round of ..."

5. Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren (1896)
"This makes two existences in the realm of sensual pleasure besides the therewith included existence in the realm of perception and existence five times ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is only through a long series of existences that this consummation can be reached. Guatama himself had as many as five hundred and fifty transmigrations ..."

7. The Old Red Sandstone: To which is Appended a Series of Geological Papers by Hugh Miller (1858)
"Probable origin of its Siliceous Limestone. — Marked increase in the Bulk of the Existences of the System.—Conjectural Cause.—The Coal Measures. ..."

8. Works of Thomas Hill Green by Thomas Hill Green, Richard Lewis Nettleship (1890)
"Mill professes to give a classification of existences. ... Thus, in order that I may know ' states of consciousness ' as ' existences,' I must already have ..."

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