Substantia

Japanese: substantia
Substantia


[Entities and Attributes]
One of the basic concepts in Western philosophy is the pairing of substance and attribute, which also originates from Aristotelian philosophy. However, Aristotle's term ousia, which is usually translated as "substance," comes from the feminine participle form ousa of the verb einai, which means "to be" or "to exist," and is a word that broadly means "existence," as is known from its everyday meaning of "real estate or assets that are actually in front of one's eyes" (Metaphysics, Book 7, Chapter 3). This was translated into Latin as substantia (that which stands below, substance) because the first existence (ousia) of a thing was thought to be in its existence as "hypokeimenon, that which lies beneath, substratum" (Metaphysics, ibid.). Therefore, the relationship between substance and attribute is considered by Aristotle as the relationship between hypokeimenon and symbebēkos (that which is present together = incidental attribute).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "substantia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【実体と属性】
 西洋哲学の基本的概念群の一つに〈実体‐属性〉という対概念があるが,これもまたアリストテレス哲学に源を発する。もっとも,通常〈実体〉と訳されているアリストテレスの用語〈ウシアousia〉は,それが〈ある〉〈存在する〉という意味の動詞〈エイナイeinai〉の女性分詞形〈ウサousa〉に由来し,日常語としては〈現に眼前にある不動産・資産〉を意味するということからも知られるように,広く〈存在〉を意味する言葉であり(《形而上学》第7巻第3章),これがsubstantia(下に立つもの=実体)というラテン語に訳されたのは,事物の第一の存在(ウシア)が〈ヒュポケイメノンhypokeimenōn(下に横たわるもの=基体)〉としての存在にあると考えられたからである(《形而上学》同上)。したがって,〈実体‐属性〉の関係は,アリストテレスにあっては〈ヒュポケイメノン‐シュンベベコスsymbebēkos(共に居合わせているもの=付帯的属性)〉の関係として考えられている。…

※「substantia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  subsonic filter

>>:  Substantia nigra (English spelling)

Recommend

Pak Yong-hi (English spelling)

1901‐? Korean poet and critic. Born in Seoul. Afte...

Senzuka

A common name for a very large number of high mou...

sonic radar

…It is an abbreviation of sonic radar or sound ra...

Academy Award - Akademisyo (English spelling) Academy Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (...

Yoshikazu Akita

⇒ Yoshiyoshi Tsuda Source: Kodansha Digital Japane...

The priest and the boy

Folk tales. A group of jokes with the theme of su...

Christian Democratic Party

Many Catholic countries in Europe and Latin Americ...

Yathrib

...It is likely that agriculture and livestock fa...

Spasmodic torticollis (English spelling) spasmodictorticollis

…When assuming a certain position (for example, s...

Achara pickles - Achara pickles

Seasonal vegetables pickled in sweet vinegar with ...

Federation of India

In 1934 he obtained his master's degree and q...

Head temple - Omotoyama

…In the Edo period, it was a general term for pro...

Ponsonby-Fane, RA

…Most of the Japanese studies scholars active fro...

Salvia lutescens (English spelling) Salvia lutescens

…[Murata Gen]. … *Some of the terminology that me...

Itto Seiden Muto Ryu

One of the schools of swordsmanship. It was founde...