Sentence examples for capable of existing from inspiring English sources

Being separate has to do with being able to exist independently (x is separate from y if x is capable of existing independently of y), and being some this means being a determinate individual.

E.g., a determinate shade of color, or a particular and non-shareable bit of that shade, is not capable of existing on its own if it were not 'in' at least some primary substance, it would not exist.

Possible beings are those that are capable of existing and not existing.

Budding yeast are capable of existing in both a haploid and diploid state.

Earth offers a wide variety of environments for any beings capable of existing in a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere.

"The fact that this individual has been capable of existing in that harsh environment for at least these 12 years indicates there is nothing wrong with it," she said.

It is therefore impossible that one and the same thing should be capable of always existing and of always not-existing.

Regius acknowledged objections, as early as 1641, to scholastic descriptions of human nature, according to which the human mind or soul was the substantial form of the body that was capable, after death, of existing on its own.

Whereas existing gene drive proposals focus on adding genes (Ito et al., 2002), disrupting existing genes (Burt, 2003), or suppressing populations, RNA-guided gene drives will also be capable of replacing existing sequences with altered versions that have been recoded to remove the sites targeted by the drive.

If a being is capable of not existing, then there is a time at which it does not exist.

Improvements in accuracy over existing missiles, combined with penetration aids under development to enhance the effectiveness of each missile, were expected to make the AICBM capable of defeating existing and projected Soviet anti-ballistic missile systems.