Noun

(-)

The state or quality of being being; existence.

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, year=1865 , author= , title=The Secret of Hegel citation , page=263 , passage=Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness , which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.}}

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, year=1988 , author= , title=What is Political Philosophy? citation , isbn=0226777138 , page=253 , passage=In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness ; only in the work of art is the stone truly.}}

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, year=2004 , author=Richard H. Jones , title=Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions citation , isbn=0739107844 , page=391 , passage=The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A living creature.

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

* Shakespeare

Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .

(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).

(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.

(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.

(Wright)

* Steele

It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.