Absolute
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The Absolute is described as the Supreme Being that is complete, perfect, and exists independently of everything else. It is said to be unrelated to any other being, the sum of all actual and potential being, and is equated with God in Christian philosophy. The concept is treated as unknowable and unconditioned, beyond the reach of thought or causation.
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 1900
- Historical notes
- The term was used in modern philosophy and linked to medieval Scholastic expressions for God.
Sources
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Source passages
“The Absolute is a term employed in modern philosophy ... it signifies that which is complete and perfect; that which exists by its own nature and is consequently independent of everything else; that which is related to no other being; the sum of all being, actual and potential (Hegel).”
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