Whenceness

"Whenceness" in a Sentence (7 examples)

As we followed him along the street, he explained our whyness, whenceness, and whitherness to all the loafing children of the sun who inquired of him.

Rather, the term "absolute" is employed to call attention to the fact that in their immediate self-consciousness all men are aware of the radical "whenceness" of their entire existence.

Biological whenceness blazoned ad oculos.

The "wherefores and whenceness. "

No one knows how long it took the deep-sea canoes to reach Hawaii from New Zealand, or other whencenesses.

Every evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, stones kept falling upon the roof of Mr. Elihu Neff's residence, in this township, and there was no accounting for the whenceness of their coming.

Therefore we don't really know our minds, don't know what our intention or “whenceness” is unless we understand where it came from.

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