underived

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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

The simple and underived character of the moral faculty is maintained because of the superior authority attached to what is natural, as opposed to what is merely conventional.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

In that case, we thus have two equally real ultimate beings, each underived from the other, existing side by side from all eternity.

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

He had true creative imagination, a fund of original, underived emotion, and a copiousness of invention almost as great as Wagner's or Mozart's.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.

I gather all that I would desire to say into three points: 'that Light' and its witnesses; the underived Light and the kindled lamps; the undying Light and the lamps that go out.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander