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As God the invisible is the changeless, what is the variable, fleeting, visible unreality?

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  1. adjective Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.
  2. adjective Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.
  3. adjective Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: "The poor are politically invisible” (Michael Harrington).

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unseen ·  mysterious ·  golden ·  mighty ·  visible ·  imaginary ·  magical
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  1. from Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, French invisible = Provencal invisible, envesible = Spanish invisible = Portuguese invisivel = Italian invisibile, from Latin invisibilis, not visible, unseen, from in- privative + (Late Latin) visibilis, visible: see visible.
 

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/ɪnˈvɪzɪbl/
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