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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
| Late [[Latin]] immanent-, immanens, present participle of immanēre to remain in place, from Latin in- + manēre to remain — more at mansion | | Late [[Latin]] immanent-, immanens, present participle of immanēre to remain in place, from Latin in- + manēre to remain — more at mansion |
− | *Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1535] | + | *Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1535] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
− | *1 : indwelling, inherent <beauty is not something imposed but something immanent — Anthony Burgess> | + | *1 : indwelling, inherent <[[beauty]] is not something imposed but something immanent — Anthony Burgess> |
− | *2 : being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge — compare transcendent | + | *2 : [[being]] within the [[limits]] of [[possible]] [[experience]] or [[knowledge]] — compare '''''[[transcendent]]''''' |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| [[Immanence]], derived from the [[Latin]] in manere - "to remain within" - refers to [[philosophical]] and [[metaphysical]] [[theories]] of [[divine]] [[presence]], which hold that some divine being or [[essence]] [[manifests]] in and through all aspects of the [[material]] world. It is usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, or panentheistic [[faith]]s to suggest that the [[spiritual]] world permeates the non-spiritual, and often contrasts the [[idea]] of [[transcendence]]. | | [[Immanence]], derived from the [[Latin]] in manere - "to remain within" - refers to [[philosophical]] and [[metaphysical]] [[theories]] of [[divine]] [[presence]], which hold that some divine being or [[essence]] [[manifests]] in and through all aspects of the [[material]] world. It is usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, or panentheistic [[faith]]s to suggest that the [[spiritual]] world permeates the non-spiritual, and often contrasts the [[idea]] of [[transcendence]]. |
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− | Immanence is generally associated with [[mysticism]] and mystical sects, but most religions have elements of both immanent and transcendent [[belief]] in their doctrines. Major faiths commonly devote significant philosophical efforts to explaining the [[relationship]] between immanence and transcendence, but these efforts run the gamut from casting immanence as a characteristic of a transcendent God (common in Abrahamic faiths) to subsuming transcendent '[[personal]]' gods in a greater immanent being (Hindu [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman]) to approaching the question of transcendence as something which can only be answered through an appraisal of immanence ([[Buddha|Buddhism]], and some philosophical [[perspectives]]). | + | Immanence is generally associated with [[mysticism]] and mystical sects, but most religions have elements of both immanent and transcendent [[belief]] in their doctrines. Major faiths commonly devote significant philosophical efforts to explaining the [[relationship]] between immanence and transcendence, but these efforts run the gamut from casting immanence as a characteristic of a transcendent God (common in Abrahamic faiths) to subsuming transcendent '[[personal]]' gods in a greater immanent being (Hindu [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman]) to approaching the question of transcendence as something which can only be answered through an appraisal of immanence ([[Buddha|Buddhism]], and some philosophical [[perspectives]]). |
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| [[Category: Philosophy]] | | [[Category: Philosophy]] |