preexistence

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If this were so, the case which would be one of latent illness or even of self-suggestion; and the preexistence of the future, without being entirely disproved, would be less clearly established.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Essential preexistence is an existence which is not preceded by a cause, but essential phenomena are preceded by causes.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Man, preexistence of, 6, 17;   an embodied spirit, 18;   fall of, 19, 29;   free agency of, 18, 29.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

The spirit is independent of the body, and in relation to it the spirit is an essential preexistence.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

In any case, beyond certain limits, the preexistence of causes seems no clearer than that of effects.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander