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The state of being existent.
*Actuality, reality. Obs. (Opposed to apparence: the Fr. words often so occur in the Roman de la Rose.)
*Being; the fact or state of existing; ‘actual possession of being’ (J.). in existence: as predicate = ‘extant’.
c1384 CHAUCER H. Fame I. 266 Allas what harme dothe Apparence Whan hit is fals in existence. c1400 Rom. Rose 5552 To se Hym that is freend in existence From hym that is by apparence. 1430 LYDG. Chron. Troy I. v, A deceyte is couertly yment..As it were sothe in very existence.
In common usage, '''existence''' is the world of which we are aware through our senses, but in [[philosophy]] the word has a more specialized [[meaning]], and is often contrasted with [[essence]]. Philosophers investigate questions such as "What exists?" "How do we know?" "To what extent are the senses a reliable guide to existence?" "What is the meaning, if any, of assertions of the existence of categories, [[idea]]s, and abstractions."
In common usage, '''existence''' is the world of which we are aware through our senses, but in [[philosophy]] the word has a more specialized [[meaning]], and is often contrasted with [[essence]]. Philosophers investigate questions such as "What exists?" "How do we know?" "To what extent are the senses a reliable guide to existence?" "What is the meaning, if any, of assertions of the existence of categories, [[idea]]s, and abstractions."
