That part of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essence of all beings, their qualities and attributes.
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That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
Ontology
Encyclopedia Britannica
ONTOLOGY. See Metaphysic.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 776
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Existence Roget’s Thesaurus §1
N. existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, [Science of existence], ontology
V. exist, be, have being, subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case, occur, have place, prevail, find oneself, pass the time, vegetate, consist in, lie in, be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by, come into existence, arise, come forth, become, bring into existence, abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay
Adj. existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic
Adv. actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto
Phr. ens rationis; ergo sum cogito; "thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?"
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