Difference between revisions of "Existential"

From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (Text replacement - "http://" to "https://")
 
Line 3: Line 3:
 
==Origin==
 
==Origin==
 
from late Latin ''existentialis'', from ''existentia''
 
from late Latin ''existentialis'', from ''existentia''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1693]
+
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1693]
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1: Of, relating to, or dealing with [[existence]].
 
*1: Of, relating to, or dealing with [[existence]].

Latest revision as of 00:56, 13 December 2020

Lighterstill.jpg

Tibetan Wheel of Existence 2.jpg

Origin

from late Latin existentialis, from existentia

Definitions

  • 1: Of, relating to, or dealing with existence.
  • 2: Based on experience; empirical.
  • 3: Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice.
  • 4: Linguistics - Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat.
b: An existential word or construction.

See also