non-existency

Do not these examples serve to make good what I said at first: that our reasons often anticipate the effect, and have so infinite an extent of jurisdiction that they judge and exercise themselves even on inanity itself and non-existency?

The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 Michel de Montaigne 1562

Do not these examples serve to make good what I said at first: that our reasons often anticipate the effect, and have so infinite an extent of jurisdiction that they judge and exercise themselves even on inanity itself and non-existency?

The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562