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Existence of the individual soul prior to its current embodiment. The doctrine that this actually occurs is found in Plato, and is a tenet of Hindu philosophy. Contemporary philosophers are more likely to diagnose it as dependent on an untenable conception of the self.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Having actuality previously or before something.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - eksistere før
v. intr. - eksistere forud

Nederlands (Dutch)
al bij voorbaat bestaan, eerder bestaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - préexister
v. intr. - préexister

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorher bestehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προϋπάρχω

Italiano (Italian)
preesistere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-existir

Русский (Russian)
существовать заранее

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - preexistir
v. intr. - preexistir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - existera före

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
先于...存在, 事先存在

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 先於...存在
v. intr. - 事先存在

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~보다 전에 존재하다
v. intr. - (사람이) 전세에 존재하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 先在する, …より先に存在する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجد قبليا, يسبق في الوجود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה קיים קודם לכן, חי בגלגול קודם, חי לפני (תקופה או אדם מסוימים)‬
v. intr. - ‮היה קיים קודם לכן, חי בגלגול קודם‬

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