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self-ˈbeing Now rare.
[self- 5 c.]
Independent existence; also † concr. a self-existent being.
1587Golding De Mornay xiv. (1592) 199 So is reason or vnderstanding the very forme or Selfbeeing of the Soule of man. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. iii. §3 (1622) 219 One certaine power or Nature of Selfe-being. a1656Bp. Hall Medit. Love of Christ §10 Let me set all my soul upon Thee..who art the eternal and absolute Self Being. 1880G. M. Hopkins Sermons & Devotional Writings (1959) 122 And this whether I speak of human nature or of my individuality, my selfbeing. 1915A. Vonier Personality of Christ v. 31 The scholastic maintains that self-being underlies self-consciousness, as the cause underlies the effect. 1977R. Holland Self & Social Context ii. 41 He attributes the non-disclosure to role-playing, which is placed in sharp contrast with real self-being.
So † ˈself-being ppl. a., self-existent.
1599Davies Nosce Teipsum 17 Her selfe being Nature shines in this, That she performes her noblest works alone. |