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Transcendence   /trænsˈɛndəns/   Listen
noun
Transcendency, Transcendence  n.  
1.
The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. "The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle."
2.
Elevation above truth; exaggeration. (Obs.) ""Where transcendencies are more allowed.""





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"Transcendence" Quotes from Famous Books



... occurs to us—How upon this view can we solve the problem of transcendence? How even on this view of the case do we manage to get beyond ourselves? How are we in any way helped thereto by the fact that Reality consists in potent ...
— Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge • Alexander Philip
... in the personality of God is all-essential for the satisfaction of our religious cravings, as a presupposition of trust, love, prayer, obedience, and such relationships; as bringing out the transcendence in contrast with the all-pervading immanence of the deity; as checking the pantheistic perversion of this latter truth by which, in turn, its own deistic perversion is checked. God is not only in and through all things; but also outside and above all things; just as Christ is not only ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell


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