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:''This article is about the transcendental properties of being, for other articles about transcendence; see Transcendence (disambiguation).'' The transcendentals ((ラテン語:transcendentalia)) are the properties of being. In typical accounts being is said to be One, Good and True (''unum, bonum, verum''). Additional properties such as Thing, Beautiful and Being (ens) are often posited as transcendentals but remain more disputed. ==History== Parmenides first inquired of the properties co-extensive with being.〔DK fragment B 8〕 Plato then followed (see ''Form of the Good''). However, it is in Aristotle that we first see the term transcendentals used. They were so called as they transcended (ὑπερβαίνειν ''huperbainein'') each of his ten categories. Aristotle discusses only unity ("One") explicitly because it is the only transcendental intrinsically related to being, whereas truth and goodness relate to rational creatures.〔Cf. Aristotle, ''Metaphysics'' X.1–2. Benedict Ashley, ''The Way toward Wisdom: An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Introduction to Metaphysics'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), 175.〕 St. Thomas Aquinas posited five transcendentals: ''res, unum, aliquid, bonum, verum''; or "thing", "one", "something", "good", and "true".〔''Disputed Questions on Truth'', Q. 1 A. 1.〕 St. Thomas derives the five explicitly as transcendentals,〔''De Veritate'', Q. 1 A.1''〕 though in some cases he follows the typical list of the transcendentals consisting of the One, the Good, and the True. The transcendentals are ontologically one and thus they are convertible: e.g., where there is truth, there is beauty and goodness also. In Christian theology the transcendentals are treated in relation to Theology Proper, the doctrine of God. The transcendentals, according to Christian doctrine, can be described as the ultimate desires of man. Man ultimately strives for perfection, which takes form through the desire for perfect attainment of the transcendentals. The Catholic Church teaches that God is Himself Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.〔Need a citation; the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' references these three at Section 41.〕 Each transcends the limitations of place and time, and is rooted in being. The transcendentals are not contingent upon cultural diversity, religious doctrine, or personal ideologies, but are the objective properties of all that exists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transcendentals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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