suchnessn.
/ˈsʌtʃnɪs/ The condition or quality of being such; quality. In occasional use only, except in the language of modern philosophy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun]
birtha1250
the manner ofc1300
formc1310
propertyc1390
naturea1393
condition1393
qualitya1398
temperc1400
taragec1407
naturality?a1425
profession?a1439
affecta1460
temperament1471
essence?1533
affection1534
spirit?1534
temperature1539
natural spirit1541
character1577
complexion1589
tincture1590
idiom1596
qualification1602
texture1611
connativea1618
thread1632
genius1639
complexure1648
quale1654
indoles1672
suchness1674
staminaa1676
trim1707
tenor1725
colouring1735
tint1760
type1843
aura1859
thusness1883
physis1923
c960 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (1885) 89 Sy gebroðrum reaf geseald be swilcnesse and staþele þære stowe þe hy on wuniað.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 260 Mid sumum oðrum mete gemencgedne be þære swylcnysse þe seo untrumnys þonne byð.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. Either as they have Beings from God, or a Suchness of being from our handy-work.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 94, 182.
1842 W. Hamilton Diss. in T. Reid Wks. (1846) 856/2 The Primary [Qualities of Body] are less properly denominated Qualities (Suchnesses).
1878 W. Barnes Eng. Speech-craft 12 Mark-words..of suchness, as good, bad.
1899 M. H. Dziewicki Wyclif's De Logica III. Introd. p. xxvii Becoming is a change, not of the subject, but of its ‘suchness’.
Draft additions 1993
2. Buddhism. Usually with capital initial; = Tathata n.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > in Buddhism
suchness1907
Tathata1938
1907 D. T. Suzuki Outl. Mahyâyâna Buddhism v. 100 Açvaghoṣa..thinks the best expression that can be given to it is Bhûtatathâtâ, i.e., ‘suchness of existence’, or simply, ‘suchness’.
1945 A. 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.
1952 C. 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.
1987 K. Ward Images of Eternity iii. 79 One can see how concepts of Brahman, of nirvana, of Suchness and of God have an operative similarity.
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