Although «here the eternal word is opposed by eternal contradiction,» this is not to be understood as a metaphysical statement implying the absolute and independent reality of evil. (religion-online.org)
Furthermore, to make psychological experience identical with independent reality is to convert psychological operations into causal categories — a move of dubious logic at best. (religion-online.org)
They show that marriage is no longer regarded as a new, independent reality transcending the individuality of the spouses, a reality that, at the very least, can not be dissolved by the will of one partner alone. (firstthings.com)