concrete existence

collocation in English

meaningsofconcreteandexistence

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concrete
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us
/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/
clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen ...
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existence
noun
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
the fact of something or ...
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(Definition ofconcreteandexistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In intentional acts a final cause need not come intoconcreteexistencefor its effect to come intoconcreteexistence.
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Only then will thingness link the object's existence in the mind with itsconcreteexistencein the outside world.
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My motion to the refrigerator - the efficient cause of my quenching my thirst - then comes intoconcreteexistencein the outside world.
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Nothing of all that hasconcreteexistence, and therefore nothing of it will last.
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On the other hand, the efficient cause comes intoconcreteexistencein the outside world before the final cause comes into concrete existence in the outside world.
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It shows theconcreteexistenceof diseases as phenomena that strike at entire societies.
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Many philosophers say that properties and relations have an abstract existence, and that physical objects have aconcreteexistence.
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By performing the gesture, a core idea is brought intoconcreteexistenceand becomes part of the speakers own existence at that moment.
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There are indeed some facts that make proving theconcreteexistenceof mummy paper impossible.
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He describes "correlations without correlata", meaning that relations have moreconcreteexistencethan the objects being related.
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The wise mind is able to perceive that death has no intrinsic,concreteexistence: our understanding of death emerges solely from the conventions of the world.
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