self-existence

And in the eternity of matter, we are assured _of the self-existence_ of matter, and self-existence is the most majestic of all attributes, and includes all others; "it is" the power of being

Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws James Buchanan 1837

One could attribute aseity or ˜self-existence 'to space-time, matter-energy and the universe as a whole.

Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In? 2008

It is clear that liberty is a communicable power because it does not entail such incommunicable qualities as total causal independence and self-existence.

Samuel Clarke Vailati, Ezio 2009

Yet what can there be that has true self-existence?

The Wheel of Sharp Weapons 2009

This claim is about the order of ideas: her idea of God's self-existence allows her to understand his other perfections.

Mary Astell Sowaal, Alice 2008

There is no reason to think “self-existence”, as you call it, is not an intrinsic property of the universe.

Crackergate Sean 2008

Therefore, until novel evidence is brought to the table, the self-existence of the Universe (or multiverse) is the most sensible theory.

Crackergate Sean 2008

However the “self-existence” theory requires no other entities apart from the Universe itself, so it is way simpler, and the opposite theory would require self-existence of the first cause, as it is too well known, just pushing the problem back.

Crackergate Sean 2008

The absolute and infinite, whether explained as self-existence, or as the totality of human thought, or as the

Theaetetus 2007

There is no question of self-existence or the timeless.

The Difference Arevanye 2007