aseity

From Medieval Latin aseitas (“state of being by itself”), from Classical a se + -itas.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsiːɪti/

aseity (uncountable)

1. (theology, metaphysics) Being self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; being self-existent, having independent existence.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 374:

     He is Spiritual, for were He composed of physical parts, some other power would have to combine them into the total, and his aseity would thus be contradicted.

• existence