See also:

• ONTOLOGY (adapted from a modern Latin form ontologia used by Jean le Clerc 1692; Gr. 6v, Evros, pres. part. of dam, to be, and klryos, science)

ONTOLOGY (adapted from a See also:

• MODERN

modern Latin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form ontologia used by See also:

• JEAN

Jean le Clerc 1692; Gr. 6v, Evros, pres. See also:

• PART

part. of See also:

• DAM

dam, to be, and klryos, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science)  , the name given to that See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy which deals specially with the nature of being (ouQta) i.e. reality in the abstract . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea, denoted in See also:

• MODERN

modern philosophy by the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• ONTOLOGY (adapted from a modern Latin form ontologia used by Jean le Clerc 1692; Gr. 6v, Evros, pres. part. of dam, to be, and klryos, science)

ontology " in contrast to the broader " See also:

• METAPHYSICS
• METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

metaphysics " and the correlative " See also:

• EPISTEMOLOGY

epistemology," goes back to such phrases as Evros 6vra, which See also:

• PLATO

Plato uses to describe the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute reality of ideas; Plato, however, uses the term "See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic " for this particular branch of metaphysics . See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, likewise, holding that the See also:

• SEPARATE

separate sciences have each their own subject See also:

• MATTER

matter, postulates a See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of existence in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general which he describes as " first philosophy." So far, therefore, the science of being is distinguished not from that of knowing but from that of the See also:

• SPECIAL

special forms of being: as to the possibility of See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective reality there is no question . A new distinction arises in the philosophy of See also:

• WOLFF (less correctly WOLF), CHRISTIAN (1679-1754)
• WOLFF, CASPAR FRIEDRICH (1733-1794)
• WOLFF, JOSEPH (1795–1862)

Wolff who first made " ontology " a technical term . Theoretical philosophy (metaphysics) is by him divided into that which deals with being in general whether objective or subjective, as contrasted with the particular entities, the soul, the See also:

• WORLD

world and See also:

• GOD

God . The former is ontology . This intermediate See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of the science of being gave See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the modern view that the first See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of the philosopher is to consider knowledge itself (see EPISTEMOLOGY), and that only in the See also:

• LIGHT

light of conclusion as to this See also:

• PRIMARY

primary problem is it possible to consider the nature, of being . The evolution of metaphysics has thus relegated ontology to a secondary place . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand it remains true that the science of knowing is inseparable from, and in a sense identical with that of being . Epistemological conclusions cannot be expressed ultimately without the aid of ontological terms . For the wider relations of ontology, see further PHILOSOPHY .