The Transcendental properties of being
In metaphysics the term «transcendental» is used to denote the different aspects of being, that is of whatever is real. The term indicates that being and its properties are present in each of the predicaments or categories, such as substance, quantity, quality, relation, location, time, action, et...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
2021
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| Sumario: | In metaphysics the term «transcendental» is used to denote the
different aspects of being, that is of whatever is real. The term indicates that being and its properties are present in each of the predicaments or categories, such as substance, quantity, quality, relation,
location, time, action, etc. Therefore, they «transcend» the limits of
these different classesl. Some early Greek philosophers had noticed
that whatever exists must have some unity and goodness, but they
never treated the theme systematically. The philosophy of being
begins with Parmenides who describes his fulgurant intuition of the
unitary and unchangeable character of being as having been revealed to him from aboye. Being is and not-being is not. Being is one
and immutable; it is also knowable, for being and thinking, he writes, are the same.
A century later Plato intimates that the highest reality, the
Good, is beautiful and is one. However, he did not say that all existent things are good and beautiful... |
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