self-evidence
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- The quality of being self-evident.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
- Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
[edit] Translations
the quality of being self-evident
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[edit] References
- self-evidence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
