ens rationisn.

/ɛnz ratɪˈəʊnɪs/

/ɛnz raʃɪˈəʊnɪs/

Forms: Plural entia rationis

/ˌɛntɪə ræʃɪˈəʊnɪs/

/ˌɛnʃɪə ræʃɪˈəʊnɪs/.

Etymology: Latin, being of the mind: see ens n.

Philosophy.

An entity of reason, a being that has no existence outside the mind (opposed to ens reale). Cf. entity n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > other types of entity

ens rationis1565

mind-body1873

metaorganism1949

1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. iii. v. f. 144^v Disputations..about genus and species, and the rest of the universals.., whether they were entia relia [sic], or rationis.

a1651 N. Culverwell Worth of Souls in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 201 The soul...will set up Beings of its own, Entia Rationis; Reason's creatures.

1707–8 Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1944) No. 535 The distinction betwixt entia Realia & entia rationis may be made as properly now as ever.

1883 F. H. Bradley Princ. Logic I. vi. 175 It is a metaphysical ens rationis, an abstract universal which can not be real.

1948 Mind 57 364 Later the view that its [sc. the supersensible world's] existence is not even problematic, that it is a mere ens rationis, ‘a concept not an existent’, is considered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	ens rationis
释义	ens rationisn. /ɛnz ratɪˈəʊnɪs//ɛnz raʃɪˈəʊnɪs/ Forms: Plural entia rationis /ˌɛntɪə ræʃɪˈəʊnɪs//ˌɛnʃɪə ræʃɪˈəʊnɪs/. Etymology: Latin, being of the mind: see ens n. Philosophy. An entity of reason, a being that has no existence outside the mind (opposed to ens reale). Cf. entity n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > other types of entity ens rationis1565 mind-body1873 metaorganism1949 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. iii. v. f. 144^v Disputations..about genus and species, and the rest of the universals.., whether they were entia relia [sic], or rationis. a1651 N. Culverwell Worth of Souls in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 201 The soul...will set up Beings of its own, Entia Rationis; Reason's creatures. 1707–8 Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1944) No. 535 The distinction betwixt entia Realia & entia rationis may be made as properly now as ever. 1883 F. H. Bradley Princ. Logic I. vi. 175 It is a metaphysical ens rationis, an abstract universal which can not be real. 1948 Mind 57 364 Later the view that its [sc. the supersensible world's] existence is not even problematic, that it is a mere ens rationis, ‘a concept not an existent’, is considered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1565
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