Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Reality may be viewed as the sum or aggregate of all objects in existence within the universe, as opposed to that which is only imaginary, nonexistent or nonactual. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. [1] In physical terms, reality is the totality of a system, known and unknown. [2]
Also called humanocentrism. The practice, conscious or otherwise, of regarding the existence and concerns of human beings as the central fact of the universe. This is similar, but not identical, to the practice of relating all that happens in the universe to the human experience. To clarify, the first position concludes that the fact of human existence is the point of universal existence; the ...
Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, including existence, objects and their properties, possibility and necessity, space and time, change, causation, and the relation between matter and mind.
A different conception understands ontology as a preliminary discipline that provides a complete inventory of reality while metaphysics examines the features and structure of the entities in this inventory. [9] Another conception says that metaphysics is about real being while ontology examines possible being or the concept of being. [10]
The nondualism of Advaita, relies on the Hindu concept of Ātman which is a Sanskrit word that means "essence" [59] or "real self" of the individual; [60] [61] it is also appropriated as "soul". [60] [62] Ātman is the first principle, [63] the true self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual.
The literal meaning of the word ἀλήθεια is "the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident." [citation needed] It also means "reality". [3] It is the antonym of lethe, [citation needed] which literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". [4] In Greek mythology, aletheia was personified as a Greek goddess, Aletheia, the ...
Another common term for a parallel universe is "another dimension", stemming from the idea that if the 4th dimension is time, the 5th dimension—a direction at a right angle to the fourth—is a direction into any of the alternative spacetime realities. Fiction has long borrowed an idea of "another world" from myth, legend and religion.
Akashic Records: (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") In the religion of theosophy and the philosophical school called anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life ...