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Originally Posted by Fido  One side of being, Existence cannot be concieved, so it cannot be defined. On the near end of being, life is purely phenomenal to all that know life, and life cannot be defined except in the most general or subjective terms. In between these two extremes is reality, from the word, Res, meaning: thing. We cannot fully define reality because we cannot define its two ends fully. That does not mean we cannot give some definition to reality, or know something of it. It is the only facet of being of which we can know anything in an objective sense, since others share reality as a phenomenon. Thanks. |
On side of being, Existence... What is the other side then, "non-existence?"
Existence can not be conceived....Do you mean we can not know it? We have an immediate apprehension of Existence. Existence eludes definition because any predication we subscribe to it will contain itself, hence tautology.
I'm using the term definition in the way classical logic uses them, that is to set the boundary to the subject by means of predication. WE can know Being but we can not define it. Definition is not the only means for acquiring knowledge. In logic it is called, simple apprehension.