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suchness|ˈsʌtʃnɪs|
[f. such a. + -ness.]
The condition or quality of being such; quality.
In occasional use only, exc. in the language of modern philosophy.
c960æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Schröer 1885) 89 Sy ᵹebroðrum reaf ᵹeseald be swilcnesse and staþele þære stowe þe hy on wuniað. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 260 Mid sumum oðrum mete ᵹemencgedne be þære swylcnysse þe seo untrumnys þonne byð. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., Either as they have Beings from God, or a Suchness of being from our handy-work. Ibid. 94, 182. 1842 Sir W. Hamilton Diss. in Reid's Wks. (1846) 856/2 The Primary [Qualities of Body] are less properly denominated Qualities (Suchnesses). 1878W. Barnes Engl. Speech-craft 12 Mark-words..of suchness, as good, bad. 1899M. H. Dziewicki Wyclif's De Logica III. Introd. p. xxvii, Becoming is a change, not of the subject, but of its ‘suchness’.
Add:2. Buddhism. Usu. with cap. initial. = *Tathata n.
1907D. T. Suzuki Outl. Mahâyâna Buddhism v. 100 Açvaghoṣa..thinks the best expression that can be given to it is Bhûtatathâtâ, i.e., ‘suchness of existence’, or simply, ‘suchness’. 1945A. Huxley Let. 10 Apr. (1969) 520 For the Tathagata there is no going anywhere after death, for he is there already in the full, unwavering perception of Suchness. 1952C. H. S. Ward Buddhism II. xxiv. 191 When viewed from the absolute standpoint of Suchness, the logical distinction between Nirvāna and Samsāra cannot in reality be maintained. 1987K. Ward Images of Eternity iii. 79 One can see how concepts of Brahman, of nirvana, of Suchness and of God have an operative similarity. |