tran·se·unt

(trăn′sē-ənt)

adj. Philosophy

Productive of effects outside the mind.

[Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt-, present participle of trānsīre, to go over; see transient.]

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transeunt

(ˈtrænsɪənt) or

transient

adj

(Philosophy) philosophy (of a mental act) causing effects outside the mind

[C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over; see trance]

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

transeunt - of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

transient

philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

immanent, subjective - of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

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References in periodicals archive

(15) "(...) discamus diem mortis non timere et non turbemur sicut ceteri homines, qui turbantur de morte, sicut vidimus [videmus] de morientibus qui transeunt et sunt in timore et turbacione maxima, quia nesciunt quo vadant et que fuerit spes eorum" (RIERA I SANS, 1981, p.

THE PHAEDO AND THE EDUCATION FOR (NON-)DEATH IN 15TH CENTURY SPAIN/EL FEDON Y LA EDUCACION PARA LA (NO-)MUERTE EN LA ESPANA QUINTIENTISTA

Immanent and Transeunt Potentiality, NATHANAEL STEIN

The Journal of the History of Philosophy vol. 52, no. 1, January 2014

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