Existence or Self-Existence?**
June 8th, 2008, search relatedRelated posts :: Probing CLouds…Introverting Involutions X :: Existence or Self-Existence?** :: Existence or Self-Existence?** :: Probing CLouds…Introverting Involutions X
Bernx at aol.com wrote:
>jPolanik@nc.rr.com writes:
>>traditionally, ’self-existence’ is ascribed only to god.
>>self-existence is “Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue
>>of a being’s own nature, and independent of any other being or cause;
>>– an attribute peculiar to God.”
>> http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning…]
>>surely when you said that ‘I remain self-identical throughout all my
>>perceptions’ is ‘a necessary condition of my existence’ you weren’t
>>speaking as God. so not all existence is self-existence. so maybe you
>>should tell us whether you’ve redefined your terms or decided to
>>retool your argument or what
>”Self-existence” has little to do with “existence” mainly because
>*autos* has to do with God and man in the “image” of God. Accordingly,
>a notion of self-existence is identical to non-existence or Self prior
>to its dasein or what Anaximander called the *apocrisis* (of apieron).
>This state of “no-thing” (as undifferentiated ousia) Aristotle
>understood as pure potential and which is, as prima materia, pure
>essence or state of unqualified Being.
it may be that the undifferentiated ousia is not a thing; but, unless it
is nothing at all, it would be self-existent in that it stands out from
nothingness by its own power or thru its own nature as prima materia.
Joe
–
Philosophy is, after all, done ultimately in the first person for the
first person. — H-N Castaneda
@^@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@^@
http://what-am-i.net
@^@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@^@
