absolute+actuality

  • 1The Absolute —     The Absolute     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Absolute     A term employed in modern philosophy with various meanings, but applied generally speaking to the Supreme Being. It signifies     (1) that which is complete and perfect;     (2) that …

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  • 2Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… …

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  • 3entelechy — n. [Peripatetic philosophy.] 1. Actuality (as distinguished from potential existence), complete realization, ideal reality, perfection, attainment of end, utter fulfilment. 2. Self completed being, thing complete in itself, realized ideal,… …

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  • 4Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by… …

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  • 5Hegel’s logic and philosophy of mind — Willem deVries LOGIC AND MIND IN HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY Hegel is above all a systematic philosopher. Awe inspiring in its scope, his philosophy left no subject untouched. Logic provides the central, unifying framework as well as the general… …

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  • 6pantheism — pantheist, n. pantheistic, pantheistical, adj. pantheistically, adv. /pan thee iz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God… …

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  • 7Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 8metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …

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  • 9Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = F.W.J. Schelling name = Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling birth = birth date|1775|1|27 Leonberg, Germany death = death date and… …

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  • 10education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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