Sentence examples for before existence from inspiring English sources

Existence must be ontologically prior not only because of the absurdity of an existence before existence, but also because God is devoid of essence, and his causal link to the world can only be existential if one wishes to avoid the contamination of the divine nature with essences that are composites of different and multiple properties and features.

So, as before, since existence is not a predicate, Kant rejects the coherence of the idea of a being whose existence depends upon nothing but its own nature.

As before, the existence and uniqueness of a globally attractive equilibrium point is guaranteed if Assumption 3.1 is verified for p ≤ 1 2 ∥ v ∥ 1 3 + 1 ; see Theorem B.9.

The reduced problem reveals, as before, the existence of three stable node equilibria, one on each branch of the critical manifold.

Proceeding as before, the existence and uniqueness of a common fixed points can be shown under some supplementary conditions, as stated in the following theorem.

While the extent of functional clustering has not been quantified before, its existence has been used to identify gene functions from genomic data.

Both on stage and in Judge's narration, objects are tentatively constructed, lovingly laboured into existence before being dismantled or exchanged: cars, Ikea furniture, families.

Anti-Semitism existed before the existence of Israel".

If anyone was not aware of Wonga's existence before, they most certainly are now.

I had never seen that scale of ease of existence before," he said.

Did our quadrupedal, pre-hominid ancestors lead a semi-aquatic existence before emerging as the hairless bipeds we eventually became?