Don't hang adjectives on ontological structures.
To equate man exclusively with his ontological structure is
inadequate. The inadequacy of this position lies in the fact that
man, ontologically revealed and defined, can be conscious of
this state of being only insofar as it realizes itself as being something
other than the practical states of being such as the political,
social, and economic. These forms are for the ontological, the
"other." These "other" forms of being are historical and describe
man's doings, creations, and achievements. These are descriptive
items or adjectives. They describe man as he does things. These
adjectival qualifications belong to man and describe him, not
ontologically but historically.
The ontological dimension of man transcends all adjectival
qualifications. The adjective can only describe one aspect of
the ontological dimension but cannot exhaust it or identify itself
with it. The dimension of Being transcends all other dimensions
and each adjective can bring forth only one aspect of Being, It
is this fact which limits each adjectival qualification and points
to the inexhaustible nature of Being.
P. 13
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