Transcendentals
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Relations
- Analogy of Being: The Analogy of Being is related to the transcendental properties of being, such as unity, truth, goodness, and beauty.
- Neoplatonism: The transcendentals were developed in part from Neoplatonic philosophy.
- Thomism: The transcendentals were a central part of Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy.
- Epistemology: Truth is one of the transcendental properties studied in epistemology.
- Beauty: Beauty is one of the transcendental properties that all beings share.
- Goodness: Goodness is one of the transcendental properties that all beings share.
- Platonic Forms: The transcendentals have been related to Plato’s theory of Forms or Ideas.
- Aesthetics: Beauty is one of the transcendental properties studied in aesthetics.
- Philosophy of Religion: The transcendentals have been influential in philosophical theology and philosophy of religion.
- Rationalism: Rationalist philosophers explored the transcendentals through reason and a priori knowledge.
- Being: The transcendentals are properties that belong to all beings.
- Perfection: The transcendentals are associated with the idea of perfection or the most complete reality.
- Metaphysics: The transcendentals are a key concept in metaphysics, the study of being and existence.
- Unity: Unity is one of the transcendental properties that all beings share.
- Idealism: Idealist philosophers like Hegel emphasized the transcendentals.
- Ontology: The transcendentals are key concepts in ontology, the study of being or existence.
- Absolute: The transcendentals are sometimes considered absolute or necessary properties.
- Ethics: Goodness is one of the transcendental properties relevant to ethics.
- Truth: Truth is one of the transcendental properties that all beings share.
- Universals: The transcendentals are considered universal properties that apply to all things.