If it exists, it eternally maintains its own existence; it is self-sufficient and self-sustaining.
Probably best known for holding that it cannot be demonstrated that the world began to be was Thomas Aquinas who in his De aeternitate mundi went a step beyond his earlier writings and maintained not only this but also that an eternally created world is possible (Wippel, 1984a, 203 14).
"Despite having their benefits rescinded by the US Congress in 1946, they maintained their unwavering loyalty to the U.S. We are eternally grateful for their faithful and dedicated service.
For example, we do need to be eternally vigilant that at all levels standards are constantly maintained or raised, and that extends to 'traditional' standards, such as grammar, spelling and algebra, just as much as any other.
While, like all Buddhists, the Sarvastivadins consider everything empirical to be impermanent, they maintain that the dharma factors are eternally existing realities.
Others are skeptical, not appreciating that an executive must be eternally vigilant for early warning signs of a crisis, or to maintain contacts outside the cocoon of conventional thinking.
But, having stated that the self-subsistent substance is not generated from something else, 'Abd al-Latif maintains that intellect does not need anything other than itself in its conceptualizing and formation (tasawwuri-hi wa taswiri-hi), that it is perfect and complete eternally, and that it is the cause of itself.
Maintain, maintain, maintain.
However, some smokers will defend the indefensible eternally.
Always missing, eternally loving.
