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Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations. Traditionally listed as a part of the major branch of philosophy known as metaphysics, ontology often deals with questions concerning what entities exist or may be said to exist and how such entities may be grouped, related within a hierarchy, and subdivided according to similarities and differences. A very simple definition of ontology is that it is the examination of what is meant by 'being'.
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In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;—in that of poets of amusement—in that of the priest and the lawyer of mischievous immorality in the shape of mischievous ambition,—and too often both priest and lawyer have framed or made in part this instrument.
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― The Panopticon Writings
― The Panopticon Writings
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Observation is the moment when the Whole divides — and the beginning of everything that follows.
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― HOLE: On the dimensions of Mind, Love, and Will within the Whole
― HOLE: On the dimensions of Mind, Love, and Will within the Whole
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