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  2. Immanence - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine or theory of immanence holds that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. It is held by some philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence . Immanence is usually applied in monotheistic , pantheistic , pandeistic , or panentheistic faiths to suggest that the spiritual world permeates the mundane .

  3. Plane of immanence - Wikipedia

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    Plane of immanence (French: plan d'immanence) is a founding concept in the metaphysics or ontology of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Immanence , meaning residing or becoming within, generally offers a relative opposition to transcendence , that which extends beyond or outside.

  4. Immanent critique - Wikipedia

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    Immanent critique tries to find contradictions in the internal logic of the cultural text and indirectly provide alternatives, without constructing an entirely new theory. It has the power to appeal to people's shared ideals while highlighting how far society has to go before those ideals are realized.

  5. Transcendence (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine or theory of immanence holds that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. It is held by some philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence. Immanence is usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, pandeistic, or panentheistic faiths to suggest that the spiritual world permeates the mundane.

  6. Platonism - Wikipedia

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    Francis Cornford described the twin pillars of Platonism as being the theory of the Forms, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [10] Indeed, Plato was the first person in the history of philosophy to believe that the soul was both the source of life and the mind. [ 11 ]

  7. Aristotle's theory of universals - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle's theory of universals is Aristotle's classical solution to the problem of universals, sometimes known as the hylomorphic theory of immanent realism. universals are the characteristics or qualities that ordinary objects or things have in common. They can be identified in the types, properties, or relations observed in the world. For ...

  8. Gilles Deleuze - Wikipedia

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    Gilles Louis René Deleuze (/ d ə ˈ l uː z / də-LOOZ; French: [ʒil dəløz]; 18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art.

  9. Univocity of being - Wikipedia

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    Gilles Deleuze borrowed the doctrine of ontological univocity from Scotus. [4] He claimed that being is univocal, i.e., that all of its senses are affirmed in one voice. Deleuze adapts the doctrine of univocity to claim that being is, univocally, diff