Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
atto di esistenza
English translation:
act of existence
Added to glossary by
Krisztina Lelik
Apr 13, 2008 15:31
16 yrs ago
Italian term
atti di esistenza
Italian to English
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Religion
Mariology
Da un solo “FIAT” di Dio sono usciti milioni e miliardi di stelle, milioni e miliardi di granelli di sabbia, di gocce d’acqua, di foglie degli alberi, di esseri viventi, di uomini e di angeli, di *atti di esistenza*, di pensieri e di palpiti...
Proposed translations
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4 +2 | acts of existence | Krisztina Lelik |
3 | individual lives | Patricia Crotty |
3 | subsistent existences | Mirra_ |
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Apr 15, 2008 06:20: Krisztina Lelik Created KOG entry
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acts of existence
In the search for the sources of truth, Thomas leads us to the "plateau" of existing beings. Beings are concrete and individual. Their individual acts of existence determines their individuality and concreteness. For this reason, individual things represent themseles and not merely some species or genus.
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It is to be noted that knowledge of real existence, be it our own or that of other things, involves the act of existence, both our own and that of other ...
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The most important feature of St. Thomas' metaphysics is the discovery of the act of existence (ipsum esse) as a principle of individual being.
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16226520
www.hyoomik.com/lublin/veritas.html - 28k -
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It is to be noted that knowledge of real existence, be it our own or that of other things, involves the act of existence, both our own and that of other ...
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8205(196203)22:3<405:T... -
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Note added at 58 mins (2008-04-13 16:30:07 GMT)
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The most important feature of St. Thomas' metaphysics is the discovery of the act of existence (ipsum esse) as a principle of individual being.
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16226520
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Comment: "Thanks, Krisztina!"
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individual lives
a possibility
1 day 1 hr
subsistent existences
ma mi sa che, anche se mi sembra corretto, è un po' troppo filosofico e complicato per il tuo tipo di testo... :)
http://www.google.it/search?num=30&hl=it&safe=off&q=subsiste...
http://www.google.it/search?num=30&hl=it&safe=off&q=subsiste...
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