beingness en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.
2004, Richard H. Jones, Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions, →ISBN, page 391:Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.
1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel, page 263:In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.
1988, Leo Strauss, What is Political Philosophy?, →ISBN, page 253:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beingnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |