Aseity

Under Aseität (from the Latin. Se a , of itself, by itself; aseitas ) refers to the For-itself Being , the Von-Self-be , that is something that has not received its being from elsewhere .

The term has different meanings depending on the philosophical context.

scholasticism

The scholastic philosophy called the being of God as aseity, i. H. unconditional being as opposed to conditioned, created being.

Aseity belongs exclusively to God , since only he is absolute and does not owe his being to someone else, as, according to the view of scholasticism , the evidence of contingency in the context of natural theology shows. In scholastic theology , this means the absolute independence of God, by virtue of which he has the basis of his existence only in himself .

Other meanings

The aseity comes to

• in Baruch de Spinoza of substance ;
• with Arthur Schopenhauer the will;
• with Eduard von Hartmann the unconscious.

See also

• Proof of God

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rudolf Eisler : Dictionary of Philosophical Terms, Volume 1. Berlin 1904, p. 77
2. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 1. Leipzig 1905, p. 850 .
3. ↑ See Hügli / Lübcke (ed.): Philosophielexikon. 5th edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003: Aseität.