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Synonyms for non-being

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bee-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbi ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for non-being
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Définition of non-being

Origin :
  • c.1300, "condition, state, circumstances; presence, fact of existing," early 14c., existence," from be + -ing. Sense of "that which physically exists, person or thing" (e.g. human being) is from late 14c.
  • As in nothing/nothingness : noun emptiness, nonexistence
  • As in nothing : noun emptiness
Example sentences :
  • Is it because what is generated does not yet exist, and because movement could not exist in non-being?
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • Even if matter is no more than a weak, confused image, it is not non-being.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • It cannot be an appearance behind which there is no reality, for non-being cannot appear.
  • Extract from : « The Problem of Truth » by H. Wildon Carr
  • The expression not mortal does not indicate that a non-being is cogitated in the object; it does not concern the content at all.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • The principle "ex nihilo nihil" forbids us to assume that motion can arise out of immobility, being out of non-being.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • Moreover, suppose that the question to be asked is this: "Is being or non-being the real nature of the thing?"
  • Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
  • But still, how can one say that the intelligible being is constituted by a non-being?
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • If matter be none of the beings which are therein, and if these really are beings, matter must be non-being.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • Natura is the name for the universal, the totality of all things, containing in itself being and non-being.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 » by Various
  • Science, or real knowledge, belongs to Being, and ignorance to non-Being.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

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