transcendence.
Existence beyond; independent existence. For example, God, numbers, and universals are sometimes held to exist beyond space, time, the physical world, or experience (in some non-spatial sense of ‘beyond’). In theology, the transcendence of God is contrasted with his immanence or pervasion of the world. In medieval philosophy, the transcendentals are notions that are too fundamental to be accommodated in ... ...
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