Transcendence
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Transcendence, transcendent, and transcendental are words that refer to an object (or a property of an object) as being comparatively beyond that of other objects. Such objects (or properties) transcend other objects (or properties) in some way.
Religion
- Transcendence (religion)Transcendence (religion)In religion transcendence refers to the aspect of God's nature which is wholly independent of the physical universe. This is contrasted with immanence where God is fully present in the physical world and thus accessible to creatures in various ways...
, the concept of being entirely beyond the universe. - TranscendentalsTranscendentalsThe transcendentals are the properties of being. In typical accounts being is said to be One, Good and True . Additional properties such as Thing, Beautiful and Being are often posited as transcendentals but remain more disputed....
, religious and philosophical properties of being. - SalvationSalvationWithin religion salvation is the phenomenon of being saved from the undesirable condition of bondage or suffering experienced by the psyche or soul that has arisen as a result of unskillful or immoral actions generically referred to as sins. Salvation may also be called "deliverance" or...
, the human transcendence of death.
Mathematics
- Transcendental numberTranscendental numberIn mathematics, a transcendental number is a number that is not algebraic—that is, it is not a root of a non-constant polynomial equation with rational coefficients. The most prominent examples of transcendental numbers are π and e...
, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients - Transcendental elementAlgebraic elementIn mathematics, if L is a field extension of K, then an element a of L is called an algebraic element over K, or just algebraic over K, if there exists some non-zero polynomial g with coefficients in K such that g=0...
, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field - Transcendental functionTranscendental functionA transcendental function is a function that does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials, in contrast to an algebraic function, which does satisfy such an equation...
, a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials - Transcendence theoryTranscendence theoryTranscendence theory is a branch of number theory that investigates transcendental numbers, in both qualitative and quantitative ways.-Transcendence:...
, the branch of mathematics dealing with transcendental numbers and algebraic independenece
Philosophy
- Transcendence (philosophy)Transcendence (philosophy)In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey the basic ground concept from the word's literal meaning , of climbing or going beyond, albeit with varying connotations in its different historical and cultural stages...
, climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit - TranscendentalismTranscendentalismTranscendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the New England region of the United States as a protest against the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian...
, a 19th-century American religious and philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical - Transcendent theosophyTranscendent TheosophyTranscendent theosophy or al-hikmat al-muta’li , the doctrine and philosophy developed by Persian philosopher, Mulla Sadra, is one of two main disciplines of Islamic philosophy that is currently live and active....
, a school of Islamic philosophy founded by the 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra - Transcendental perspectivismTranscendental PerspectivismTranscendental perspectivism is a hybrid philosophy developed by German-born philosopher, Professor Werner Krieglstein. A blending of Friedrich Nietzsche's Perspectivism and the utopian ideals of the Transcendentalism movement, Transcendental Perspectivism challenges Nietzsche's claim that there...
, a philosophy blending perspectivism and transcendentalism - Transcendental idealismTranscendental idealismTranscendental idealism is a doctrine founded by German philosopher Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century. Kant's doctrine maintains that human experience of things is similar to the way they appear to us — implying a fundamentally subject-based component, rather than being an activity that...
, a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel KantImmanuel KantImmanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment.... - Transcendental MeditationTranscendental MeditationTranscendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
, a Vedic meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. - Transcendental Phenomenology, a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund HusserlEdmund HusserlEdmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was a philosopher and mathematician and the founder of the 20th century philosophical school of phenomenology. He broke with the positivist orientation of the science and philosophy of his day, yet he elaborated critiques of historicism and of psychologism in logic...
. - TranscendentalsTranscendentalsThe transcendentals are the properties of being. In typical accounts being is said to be One, Good and True . Additional properties such as Thing, Beautiful and Being are often posited as transcendentals but remain more disputed....
, religious and philosophical properties of being.
Other uses
- Transcendence (novel)Transcendence (novel)Transcendence is a novel by Charles Sheffield in the Heritage Universe series. This book is the sequel to Divergence and Summertide. After discovering new artifacts in the previous books, the team gets together again this time to search for the Zardalu unwittingly unleashed upon the galaxy during...
, a novel by Charles Sheffield - Transcendent (novel)Transcendent (novel)Transcendent is the third novel in the Destiny's Children series by Stephen Baxter, and a 2006 Campbell Award nominee.-Plot summary:The story alternates between two timelines: the world of Michael Poole in the year 2047, and that of Alia, a posthuman girl who lives approximately half a million...
, a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter - Transcendence (novel)Transcendence (R. A. Salvatore novel)Transcendence is the second book in the second DemonWars Saga trilogy by R.A. Salvatore. The book is also the sixth out of seven books in the combined DemonWars Saga....
, a fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore - Transcendence (video game)Transcendence (video game)Transcendence is a sci-fi themed freeware adventure PC game designed and created by George Moromisato.A preliminary version 0.5 alpha release of the game that would become Transcendence was made available in 1995. The game is still under development, with roughly three-quarters of the game...
, a science-fiction game by George Moromisato. - Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album)Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album)Transcendence is an album released by Alice Coltrane in 1977....
, a jazz album by Alice Coltrane - Transcendence (Crimson Glory album), a heavy metal album by Crimson Glory
- Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile RaceSelf-Transcendence 3100 Mile RaceThe Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race is the world's longest certified footrace according to its organizers.This multiday race is hosted by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and takes place in Queens, New York in the USA from June-August every year. The course is 3,100 miles long...
, the longest foot race in the world. - Transcendence (Segue), an instrumental by progressive metal band Symphony XSymphony XSymphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
, from their 2000 album V: The New Mythology SuiteV-The New Mythology SuiteV: The New Mythology Suite, a concept album, is the fifth studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X. The album deals with the story of Atlantis, ancient Egyptian mythology, and astrology. It is the first Symphony X album to feature bassist Michael Lepond... - Transcendental StudentsTranscendental StudentsTranscendental Students was a student activist and anarchist group created in 1969 at NYU in New York City. Its motto and philiosophy was "insurrection through happiness"....
, an anarchist student activist group from New York - TranscendentalTranscendental (album)Transcendental is the début album from UK progressive metal band To-Mera. Its style is characterised by female vocals; long, multi-sectioned songs; heavy riffs and jazzy sections...
, an album by UK band To-Mera - Transcendental EtudesTranscendental EtudesThe Transcendental Etudes , S.139, are a series of twelve compositions for solo piano by Franz Liszt. They were published in 1852 as a revision of a more technically difficult 1837 series, which in turn were the elaboration of a set of studies written in 1826:...
, a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age... - Transcendental Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1945 to research tilt-rotor aircraft
- Transcendental Sigil Stone, in The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionThe Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games...
, the highest level of sigil stone available from closing a Gate of Oblivion