A being, in the most general sense, is anything that is alive. Being with a capital 'B', on the other hand, is often used in philosophy to refer to divine Being, God, or ultimate reality. In philosophy, a being is anything that can be said to be. Ontology is the philosophical study of being. See also categories of being and "I think, therefore I am". In linguistics, "to be" is a copula. Being - Being in historical philosophy. Being - Being and substance in Aristotl ...

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Being There is a political, satirical 1971 novel by Jerzy Kosiński and a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart and Richard Basehart. The screenplay was adapted by Kosiński and Robert C. Jones (uncredited). It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Melvyn Douglas) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Sellers). Being There - Synopsis. Being There depicts the st ...

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Being - Being and substance in Aristotle. Among the first inquiries into what "being" encompassed was that undertaken by Aristotle. The term "substance" in Aristotle was a precise metaphysical term denoting an individual thing about which specific assertions may be made. Since the Aristotelian view of matter is negative, the "substance" or "being" is a real thing that exists. Since matter renders things more obscure to our perception, it follows that the true essence of an object is independent of m ...

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Some philosophers deny that the concept of "being" has any meaning at all, since we only define an object's existence by its relation to other objects, and actions it undertakes. The term "I am" has no meaning by itself; it must have an action or relation appended to it. This in turn has led to the thought that "being" and nothingness are closely related, developed in existential philosophy. Existentialist philosophers such as Sartre, as well as continental philosophers such as Hegel and Heidegger have also written extensively on the ...

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Being in itself is the self-contained and fully realized Being of objects. It is a term used in early 20th century continental philosophy, especially in the works of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and the existentialists. Being in itself - Being in itself for Heidegger. In Heidegger's philosophy being in itself is contrasted with the Being of persons, which he calls Dasein. Dasein is Being that is aware of and interested in its own Being. Dasein is, by its nature, invested in social ...

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Being and Time (German title: Sein und Zeit) was the German philosopher Heidegger's major and most influential work. It was published in 1927. Besides being epochal, it was the first significant academic work of Heidegger that procured him a full professorship at Marburg University. He did subsequently change his views on several points in the book. It is a touchstone of Continental philosophy, a groundbreaking investigation of the concepts of Being & Da-sein (literally means "there being" and is often translated to "

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The bes was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The bes, valued at two-thirds of an as (8 unciae), was only produced in 126 BC by C. Cassius in combination with the dodrans, another very rare denomination which was valued at three-fourths of an as. See also: Roman currency. Other related archives126 BC, Ancient Roman, Roman Republic, Roman currency, as, bronze, coin

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In metaphysics (in particular, ontology), the different kinds or ways of being are called categories of being or simply categories. According to the Aristotelian tradition, a being is anything that can be said to be in the various senses of this word. Hence, to investigate the categories of being is to determine the most fundamental senses in which things can be said to be. A category, more precisely, is any of the broadest classes of things - 'thing' here meaning anything whatever that ca ...

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Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple transformation Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic, Spirit Overmind, Supermind Sacred Structures: Matrimandir Communities: ...

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Jorge Luis Borges wrote and edited the Book of Imaginary Beings in 1969, expanding his original 1957 Spanish edition El Libro de los Seres Imaginarios. This book contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. Book of Imaginary Beings - External link. A graphical interpretation of the book ...

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The culture of human beings can be defined as follows: One common understanding of culture is to see it as consisting of three elements: values, social norms, and artifacts. Values are ideas about what is important. Norms are expectations of how people ought to behave. Each human culture has different methods, often called laws and legal systems, of describing and enforcing its norms, though there are unwritten expectations and informal sanctions too. Artifacts – things, or material culture – derive from the culture's value ...

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Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology (1943) is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Paul Sartre that is regarded as the beginning of the growth of existentialism in the 20th century. The French title is L'Être et le Néant. Its main purpose was to define the consciousness as transcendent and to advocate rationalism. The work also sought to disprove George Berkeley's famous conten ...

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The Great Chain of Being is a classical and western medieval conception of the order of the universe, whose chief characteristic is a strict hierarchal system. It is a conception of the world's structure that was accepted, and unquestioned, by most educated men from the time of Lucretius until the Copernican revolution and the ultimate flowering of the Renaissance. The Chain of Being is composed of a great number of hierarchal links, from the most base and foundational elements up to the very hi ...

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Being: When capitalized being refers to God's essential divine nature- Pure Consciousness, Absolute Reality and Primal Soul (God's nature as a divine Person). Lower case being refers to the essential nature of a person, that within which never changes; existence. See: Siva.

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"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is the title of a 1967 song from the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Though attributed to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, it was largely the work of Lennon. Lennon wrote the song taking inspiration from a 19th century circus poster which he purchased in an antique shop in January or February of 1967, while filming the promotional video for the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Kent. The poster begins: PABLO FANQUE'S CIRCUS ROYAL, TOW ...

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The Canada Well-Being Measures Bill was proposed by Member of Parliament Marlene Jennings in 2001. Had it passed, it would develop and provide for the publication of measures to inform Canadians about the health and well-being of people, communities, and ecosystems in Canada. The bill (C-268) received first reading on February 14, 2001, but never became law. See also. Canadian Index of Well-Being Genuine Progress Indicator ...

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The Vanderford-Riley well-being schedule is a measure of well-being used by some economists. It is objective in the sense that the subjective standard of well-being used in the schedule is measured objectively. The schedule is as follows: Per capita FTE (Full-time equivalents; the number of hours worked per person, an average of 40 hours per week, constitutes 1.0 FTE) Value of equity in property per person Ratio of property owners to non-owners (as defined as no outstanding liens or balanc ...

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In Sartrean existentialism, being-in-itself is also contrasted with the being of persons, which he describes as a combination of, or vascillation or tension between, being-for-itself and being-for-others. One of the problems of human existence for Sartre is the desire to attain being-in-itself, which he describes as the desire to be God - this is a longing for full control over one's destiny and for absolute identity, only attainable by achieving full control over the destiny of all existence. The d ...

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