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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

22076	Being is only perceptible to itself as becoming [Schelling]
	Full Idea: Being is only perceptible to itself in the state of becoming.
	From: Friedrich Schelling (Of Human Freedom [1809], p.403), quoted by Jean-François Courtine - Schelling p.90
	A reaction: Is the Enlightenment the era of Being, and the Romantic era that of Becoming? They like process, fluidity, even chaos.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

2969	How does a direct realist distinguish a building from Buckingham Palace? [Lockwood]
	Full Idea: It is one thing to see a building, and another to see it as a building, and yet another to see it as Buckingham Palace. How does the commonsense realist think that this is accomplished?
	From: Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.302)