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In literature, "immanent" is frequently employed to highlight the inherent, self-contained qualities of a subject—whether that subject is a deity, an abstract principle, or a natural phenomenon. Authors contrast immanence with transcendence, suggesting that a divine presence or a fundamental quality does not reside apart from the world but within it itself ([1], [2]), as seen in depictions of an immanent God or the intrinsic unity of a concept ([3], [4]). This term also surfaces in discussions of morality and aesthetics, where immanence points to qualities that are internal and essential rather than externally imposed ([5], [6]). In various theological, philosophical, and cultural contexts, the concept asserts that what is truly real and vital exists inherently within the entity, rather than being an external, transfused characteristic ([7], [8]).
  1. He argued thus: if the Deity was in the world itself, he was immanent; if he was somewhere outside it, he was transcendent.
    — from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer
  2. Also he sometimes supposes that God is immanent in the world, sometimes that he is transcendent.
    — from Timaeus by Plato
  3. ot a purely formal and external unity, but the immanent unity of the content in itself.
    — from The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1 (of 4)Hegel's Aesthetik by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  4. He is transcendent above all His works even while He is immanent within them.
    — from The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer
  5. B. Positively: ( a ) The immanent love of God is a rational and voluntary affection, grounded in perfect reason and deliberate choice.
    — from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong
  6. In the Beautiful is immanent logicity, the microcosmic idea, the unconscious.
    — from Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
  7. Notice the distinction between absolute and relative, between immanent and transitive, attributes.
    — from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong
  8. What do you call transcendental knowledge, and what immanent?
    — from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

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