单词 | self-identical |
释义 | self-identicaladj. Philosophy. Having a consistent essential or intrinsic identity, esp. despite apparent or external change. Cf. self-identity n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adjective] > relating to identity self-identical1865 1865 J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel I. iv. 192 The principle..must be thought as..unlimited whether in Time or Space, and yet as at bottom always self-identical. 1898 J. R. Illingworth Divine Immanence iii. 66 It implies that we are self-identical and free, the same personal unit to-day that we were when born. 1930 K. Loewenberg tr. E. Meyerson Identity & Reality vi. 227 Elementary masses and energy displace themselves even while remaining self-identical. 1978 P. S. Falla tr. L. Kolakowski Main Currents Marxism i. i. 13 They [sc. finite beings] are not self-identical or ‘all of a piece’: they live in a present that vanishes even as it comes to be. 2016 Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 30 180 The desire for a self-identical universal reality..denies the movement of life in general as it is essentially constituted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1865 |
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