Fernando Pessoa
What is existence?
What is existence? We say that the ideal does not exist, but that the real does. But what do we mean by «exist»? What is existence?
« Esse est percipi » (Berkeley).
When Comte says «the Relative alone exists», we can reduce his opinion to «the Relative alone is the Relative». We agree with him. Or does he mean the rel[ative] alone has absolute existence [?]
1906?
Textos Filosóficos . Vol. I. Fernando Pessoa. (Estabelecidos e prefaciados por António de Pina Coelho.) Lisboa: Ática, 1968 (imp. 1993).
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