Essence/Existence

Essence/Existence July 28, 2005

Marion points to Husserl’s suggestion that essence and existence are not really different principles but rather “two modes of being in two modes of self-givenness.” This is attractive, and perhaps not incompatible with the Thomistic tradition that sees the distinction of essence/existence as a key feature of created being – though for a Thomist the “self-givenness” of phenomena is surely not the whole story.


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