In being. Actually existing. Distinguished from in posse, which means “thatwhich is not, but may be.” A child before birth is in posse; after birth, in esse.
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In being. Actually existing. Distinguished from in posse, which means “thatwhich is not, but may be.” A child before birth is in posse; after birth, in esse.
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