Resumen

GERICKE, Jaco. הכל הבל – in Ecclesiastes 1:2 and 12:8 - Descriptive metaphysics of properties as comparative-philosophical supplement. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2021, vol.77, n.1, pp.1-7. ISSN 2072-8050.  https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v77i1.6688.

In this article, a supplementary yet original contribution is made to the ongoing attempts at refining ways of comparative-philosophical conceptual clarification of Qohelet's claim that •”– ••– in 1:2 (and 12:8). Adopting and adapting the latest analytic metaphysical concerns and categories for descriptive purposes only, a distinction is made between •”– as property of ••– and the properties of •”– in relation to ••–. Involving both correlation and contrast, the second-order language framework is hereby extended to a level of advanced nuance and specificity for restating the meaning of the book's first-order language on its own terms, even if not in them.CONTRIBUTION: By considering logical, ontological, mereological and typological aspects of property theory in dialogue with appearances of ••– and of •”– in Ecclesiastes 1:2 and 12:8 and in-between, a new way is presented in the quest to explain why things in the world of the text are the way they are, or why they are at all

Palabras clave : Ecclesiastes; ••– ;•”–; comparative philosophy; properties (philosophy).

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