underived
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Consciousness is, first, immediate consciousness, and its reference to the object accordingly the simple and underived certainty of it.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Consciousness, on the other hand, which for Fortlage coincides with the ego or self, is treated as the presupposition of all representations, not as their result—it is underived activity.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
Reasoning back by indubitable steps we come to an uncaused, unlimited, infinite Being, the underived and eternal source of all that is.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
In this sense no right divine nor compact can form a king; that is, a person, exercising underived and unreverting power.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
All other being is derived, and therefore limited and changeful; this Being is underived, absolute, self-dependent, and therefore unalterable for evermore.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander