Sentence examples for unity of being from inspiring English sources

Against his master, he argued with the Aristotelians for the priority of being (existence) over essence (form), which he called an abstraction; and, with Ibn al-ʿArabī, he argued for the "unity of being" within which beings differ only according to "priority and posteriority," "perfection and imperfection," and "strength and weakness".

Outlined in A Vision (1925; rev. ed. 1937), Yeats's philosophy is an obscure system of gyres and oppositions, with the poet aiming for what he called "unity of being".

To be taken seriously, reform had to come from their own ranks and be espoused by such thinkers as the eminent theologian and mystic of Muslim India Aḥmad Sirhindī (flourished 16th 17th centuries)—a reformer who spoke their language and attacked Ibn al-ʿArabī's "unity of being" only to defend an older, presumably more orthodox form of mysticism.

The 13th century, though politically overshadowed by the invasion of the Mongols into the Eastern lands of Islam and the end of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate, was also the golden age of Sufism: the Spanish-born Ibn alʿArabī created a comprehensive theosophical system (concerning the relation of God and the world) that was to become the cornerstone for a theory of "Unity of Being".

Perhaps the most famous is his mystical treatise Lava'iḥ (Flashes of Light), a clear and precise exposition of the Ṣūfī doctrines of waḥdat al-wujūd (the existential unity of Being), together with a commentary on the experiences of other famous mystics.

This is true especially of his central doctrine of the "unity of being" and his sharp distinction between the absolute One, which is undefinable Truth (ḥaqq), and his self-manifestation (ẓuhūr), or creation (khalq), which is ever new (jadīd) and in perpetual movement, a movement that unites the whole of creation in a process of constant renewal.

In general terms, identity could be defined as,unityy of being" but the attempt to find a comprehensive definition immediately shows its hybrid nature, being both intrapsychic and interpersonal, and its various phenomenological aspects complicating an operationalization along its true constituents [ 1].

Those who speak of peace and unity are accused of being too soft or too romantic.

The Mishnah's version of the integrity of truth focuses upon the unity of all being within a hierarchy.

It protests against a doing which imperils the unity of this being with itself.

How unity of vision is achieved by binocular combination is a fundamental question in vision science [2], [3].