Single Idea 22076

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming]

Full Idea

Being is only perceptible to itself in the state of becoming.

Gist of Idea

Being is only perceptible to itself as becoming

Source

Friedrich Schelling (Of Human Freedom [1809], p.403), quoted by Jean-François Courtine - Schelling p.90

Book Reference

'A Companion to Continental Philosophy', ed/tr. Critchley,S/Schroeder,W [Blackwell 1999], p.90


A Reaction

Is the Enlightenment the era of Being, and the Romantic era that of Becoming? They like process, fluidity, even chaos.