What does self-existent mean?
Self-existent means Existing without having been created..
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/ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/ · adjective
Existing without having been created..
Campbell exquisitely says, "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view:" and let the heart be thankful from its inmost depths for that imaginative and self-existent faculty which first lends enchantment to the distance.
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Self-existent means Existing without having been created..
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Campbell exquisitely says, "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view:" and let the heart be thankful from its inmost depths for that imaginative and self-existent faculty which first lends enchantment to the distance.
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