Definition of External

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External

Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.

Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.

Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.

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External Quotations

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.
Kurt Cobain

Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
W. Clement Stone

Nothing external to you has any power over you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Dale Carnegie

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.
Leo Tolstoy

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
James Madison

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
Alan Watts

External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Swami Vivekananda

External Translations

external in Danish is ydre
external in Dutch is extern, buiten-, uitwendig, uiterlijk
external in French is externe
external in Italian is estrinseco
external in Latin is externus
external in Norwegian is ytre, utvendig, utenriks
external in Portuguese is externo
external in Spanish is exterior, externo, topico

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