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Metaphysics

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General metaphysics. Ontology

111.1

Concept of being, of primary substance (tode ti). Ontology

111.11

Existence, thereness. Difference in essence

111.12

Essential being. Essence. Quiddity

111.125

Possibility   Inner possibility. Divine essence and possibility

111.3

Substance (ousia). Monad

111.31

Difference between substance and accidence. Appearance

111.32

Primary substance, individual substance (protè ousia). Subsistence (substant being). Hypostasis. Person

111.33

Secondary substance, abstract essence (deutera ousia)

111.4

Accidence. Qualities

111.5

Relations. Relativistic theories

111.6

Acts. Activities

111.61

Being in potentiality. Being in act

111.62

Motion. Change. Development

111.7

Created and uncreated being. Immateriality. Pure mind and spirit

111.8

Transcendental properties of being

111.81

Distinction between being and its transcendental properties

111.82

Unity. Non-being, nonexistence. Plurality. Unity and indivisibility of being

111.821

Real and logical differentiation   Singularity. Identity. Unity of composition, simplicity. Metaphysical composition. Plurality, unlimited number, possibility of an infinite multitude

111.83

Truth. Falsity

111.84

Goodness. Benignity. Evil

111.85

Beauty. Ugliness

111.852

Aesthetics (objective and subjective)

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Cosmology. Philosophy of nature

⇨ 524.8 The Universe. Metagalaxy. Cosmology

⇨ 53.01/.09 Special auxiliary subdivision for physics

113

General laws of nature   Transformation and transience of matter

113.2

Origin of the universe. Creation. Cosmogony

Scope Note: Class here also theories such as creationism, intelligent design

⇨ 2-143 Activities of God(s). Works of God(s)

⇨ 2-145.2 Creator god. Demi-urge. Designer God. Deism

⇨ 2-172.2 Origins. Cosmogony. Creation of the world

⇨ 2-175 Eschatology. End of the world. Last things

⇨ 27-143 Works of God in Christianity

114

Space. Place, internal and external. Dimension. Empty, void; full, plenum. Infinite space. Singularity and plurality. Extension

115

Time. Duration. Component of temporal duration. Eternity. World created ab aeterno. Relation of time to motion

115.4

The space-time continuum. Unity of space and time

⇨ (15) The universe, celestial or cosmic space generally. In space. Cosmic. Extraterrestrial localities

⇨ 531.111.4 Continuum of space and time

116

Motion. Development. Mobility. Transient and immanent effect. Remote action. Becoming, change, transition

117

Matter. Transmutation of matter. Primary matter (first principle). Substantial form. Material cause. Formal cause

118

Force. Energy. Determination of accidences of inorganic substances

⇨ 531.6 Mechanical energy. Conservation of mechanical energy

⇨ 536.7 Thermodynamics. Energetics

119

Quantity. Number. Constant quantity of coexistence and succession. Distinction from substance

121 Philosophical anthropology. Philosophy of humankind. Phenomenology of human person

⇨ 2-18 Man. Mankind. Humanity. Doctrinal anthropology

⇨ 39 Cultural anthropology. Ethnography. Customs. Manners. Traditions. Way of life