Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That element of existence which confers individuality upon a nature, according to the Scotists, so that it is in a particular place at a particular time; hereness and nowness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Logic) Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as,
this book.
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