underived

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Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The power of the intellect is not some underived, original, independent power which can impose or, better, superimpose its categorical imperatives upon human conduct.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph

On the other hand, it is certain that the doctrine of Athanasius, equally as of Arius, was, that the Father is the underived or self-existent God, but the Son is the derived subordinate God.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William

Mrs. Meredith and Rowan and the clergyman were left with the father and the children, and with an unexampled wedding collation—one of Pansy's underived masterpieces.

From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane

It has sincerity, dignity, and reserve, yet it is both deeply impassioned and enamoringly tender; and it is as absolutely personal, as underived, as was Tristan forty years ago.

From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence