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In this following context, what does the phrase ''as such'' mean? Does it mean ''therefore''or ''in itself''? Or does it refer something which is an antecedent?

Please, explain this to me...

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What we call “chariot” has no existence apart from and independent of axle, wheels, shaft, etc. What we call “house” is merely a convenient name for stone, wood, iron, etc., put together after a certain fashion, so as to enclose a portion of space, but there is no separate house-entity as such in existence.

Source: Page.7 ''Fundamentals of Buddhism'' by Nyanatiloka Mahåthera

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  • These are translations from the German originals and pretty badly done.
    – Lambie
    Sep 23, 2022 at 16:48
  • there is no separate house-entity as such in existence = nothing which can be properly described as a "separate house-entity" exists. I'd say that mostly the text is just airy-fairy waffle, but what it's saying is essentially that "a house" is just a mental construct that doesn't really "exist" as a thing in and of itself (all that actually exists are the component parts - bricks, tiles, windows, etc.).
    – FumbleFingers
    Sep 23, 2022 at 17:03
  • @Lambie, please share this information to me...
    – Sakya Kim
    Sep 24, 2022 at 2:33
  • I doubt he wrote in English: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narada_Maha_Thera
    – Lambie
    Sep 24, 2022 at 18:16
  • May be, but data lost, @Lambie
    – Sakya Kim
    Sep 25, 2022 at 8:56

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–but there is no separate house-entity as such in existence.(There is no separate house-entity exactly(in terms of its meaning) in existence)

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It appears that it is a play on words involving the philosophical concept of the “thing-in-itself,” which is a translation of “das ding an sich.”

I am certainly not qualified to explicate Kantian philosophy, but here is something to get you started

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing-in-itself

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