Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being oneself or itself; the essentia] element of identity.
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- noun
selfhood ;individual identity
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Examples
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From Rogues, especially, we know that sovereignty is for Derrida part of the larger question he calls "ipseity," the possibility of selfhood, which, for the ten-year period 1991-2001, was posed under the heading "Questions of Responsibility."
The Blogora syntaxfactory 2010
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The referent in the predication of the proposition ˜Zayd exists™ is the very ipseity
Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009
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``The fact of not evading the burden imposed by the suffering of others defines ipseity itself.
Bill Maher: Christianity is "not mainly about doing the right thing or being ethical." Ann Althouse 2008
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He can only be known by that which proceeds from Him, as effects of His names, not His ipseity.
Repost of a Christian-Atheist Dialogue James F. McGrath 2007
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The fact of not evading the burden imposed by the suffering of others defines ipseity itself.
"There's a big relationship between this marvelous time of year and living in a one-party state." Ann Althouse 2007
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He can only be known by that which proceeds from Him, as effects of His names, not His ipseity.
Archive 2007-12-01 James F. McGrath 2007
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Your Maid from Mexico, In English and Spanish - filigree the novel with Borgesian metatextuality, accreting a complexity of author and subject, ipseity and frame of reference.
Brit Lit Blogs 2008
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