Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
being understood — See it being understood … Ballentine's law dictionary
Being and Time — (German: Sein und Zeit , 1927) is a book by German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Although written quickly, and despite the fact that Heidegger never completed the project outlined in the introduction, it remains his most important work and has… … Wikipedia
Being and Nothingness — Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology (French: L Être et le néant : Essai d ontologie phénoménologique ), sometimes subtitled A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, is a 1943 philosophical treatise by Jean Paul Sartre that… … Wikipedia
Understood — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Being — In ontology (the study of being) being is anything that can be said to be , either transcendentally or immanently.The nature of being varies by philosophy, giving different interpretations in the frameworks of Aristotle, materialism, idealism,… … Wikipedia
understood — adj. capable of being inferred, implied; agreed upon, commonly known; comprehended un·der·stand || ‚ʌndÉ™(r) stænd v. grasp the meaning of (e.g. words); comprehend (a cause, reason, motivation, etc.); deduce, infer, perceive the… … English contemporary dictionary
Not-Being, denial of — ▪ philosophy in Eleatic philosophy, the assertion of the monistic philosopher Parmenides of Elea that only Being exists and that Not Being is not, and can never be. Being is necessarily described as one, unique, unborn and indestructible,… … Universalium
it is understood — Same as it being understood … Ballentine's law dictionary
Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… … Wikipedia
Category of being — In metaphysics (in particular, ontology), the different kinds or ways of being are called categories of being or simply categories. To investigate the categories of being is to determine the most fundamental and the broadest classes of entities.… … Wikipedia
