释义 |
isness|ɪznɪs| [f. is, 3rd pers. sing. pres. of be v.] a. The fact that a thing is. b. That which a thing is in itself; essence.
1865J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel II. iii. i. 4 Seyn, in Germany, often in Hegel himself, means the abstraction of sensuous Isness. 1884‘Scotus Novanticus’ Metaphysica Nova et Vetusta vi. 146 The moment of being or is-ness yields identity (A = A); and as this is-ness is given in concreto as a determined somewhat which is, we have the category of Essence as derivative category from Being. 1888J. Martineau Stud. Relig. I. ii. i. 183 Both the fact of Being or ‘is-ness’ of each thing and the real nature of Cause are guaranteed to us by the free act of percipience. 1893Dublin Rev. Jan. 217 That which the intellect first perceived is the transcendental essence or ‘isness’ of the thing. 1918[see good A. adj. 14 c]. 1942Mind LI. 257 Any one..who sets out along the via negativa in this spirit is confessing in the very act that ‘is’ can never be tortured into ‘isness’. 1955A. Huxley Genius & Goddess 46 The girl is who she is. Some of her isness spills over and impregnates the entire universe. 1965L. R. Hubbard Scientology Abridged Dict., Is-ness, one of the four conditions of existence. It is an apparency of existence brought about by the continuous alteration of an As-is-ness. This is called, when agreed upon, reality. |