beingness

plural beingnesses

1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesExistence; the condition of a thing that is.

   Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.

   1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel, page 263

   2 more examples

   In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.

   1988, Leo Strauss, What is Political Philosophy?, →ISBN, page 253

   The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.

   2004, Richard H. Jones, Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions, →ISBN, page 391