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 transcend other objects in some way.
- Religion
- Transcendence (religion) In religion, transcendence is a condition or state of being that surpasses physical existence and in one form is also independent of it. It is affirmed in the concept of the divine in the major religious traditions, and contrasts with the notion of God, or the Absolute, existing exclusively in the physical order , or indistinguishable from it (, the concept of being entirely above the created universe.
- Salvation The theological study of salvation is called soteriology. It covers the means by which salvation is effected or achieved, and its results. Salvation may also be called "deliverance" or "redemption" from sin and its effects - the human transcendence of death.
- Mathematics
- Transcendence (mathematics)
- Transcendental number In mathematics, a transcendental number is a number which is not algebraic—that is, it is not a root of a non-constant polynomial equation with rational coefficients, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients
- Transcendental element In 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(a)=0. Elements of L which are not algebraic over K are called transcendental over K, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field
- Transcendental function A 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. In other words a transcendental function is a function which "transcends" algebra in the sense that it cannot be expressed in terms, a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials
- Transcendence theory, the branch of mathematics dealing with transcendental numbers and algebraic independenece
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- Transcendental number In mathematics, a transcendental number is a number which is not algebraic—that is, it is not a root of a non-constant polynomial equation with rational coefficients, a class of irrational numbers
- Transcendental function A 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. In other words a transcendental function is a function which "transcends" algebra in the sense that it cannot be expressed in terms, a class of functions
- Philosophy
- Transcendence (philosophy) In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey three different but somehow related primary meanings, all of them derived from the word's literal meaning , of climbing or going beyond: one sense that originated in Ancient philosophy, one in Medieval philosophy, and one in modern philosophy, climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit
- Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19th century. It is sometimes called American transcendentalism to distinguish it from other uses of the word transcendental. Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of culture and, a philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical
- Transcendent theosophy Transcendent theosophy or al-hikmat al-muta’li , the doctrine and philosophy that has been developed and perfected by the Persian philosopher, Mulla Sadra, is one of two main disciplines of Islamic philosophy that is very live and active even today, a school of Islamic philosophy founded by the 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra
- Transcendental perspectivism Transcendental 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 is no absolute truths while fully accepting his, a philosophy blending perspectivism and transcendentalism
- Transcendental idealism Transcendental 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 directly comprehends the things as they are in and of, a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant
- Philosophy (imported)
- Transcendence (philosophy) In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey three different but somehow related primary meanings, all of them derived from the word's literal meaning , of climbing or going beyond: one sense that originated in Ancient philosophy, one in Medieval philosophy, and one in modern philosophy
- Transcendental idealism Transcendental 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 directly comprehends the things as they are in and of, a philosophical doctrine founded by Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg. Kant was the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the classic sequence of the theory of knowledge during the Enlightenment beginning with thinkers John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume
- Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19th century. It is sometimes called American transcendentalism to distinguish it from other uses of the word transcendental. Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of culture and, a 19th-century American religious and sociological movement
- Transcendental Perspectivism Transcendental 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 is no absolute truths while fully accepting his, a philosophy blending perspectivism Perspectivism is the philosophical view developed by Friedrich Nietzsche that all ideations take place from particular perspectives. This means that there are many possible conceptual schemes, or perspectives, which determine any possible judgment of truth or value that may be made; this implies that no way of seeing the world can be taken as and transcendentalism
- Transcendental Meditation The Transcendental Meditation, or TM technique, is a form of mantra meditation introduced in India in 1955 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi . Taught in a standardized, seven-step course over 4 days by certified teachers for ~1,500 USD in the United States, it involves the use of a sound or mantra and is practiced for 15–20 minutes twice per day, while, Vedic meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
- Transcendental Phenomenology Phenomenology is a philosophical movement. It was founded in the early years of the 20th century by Edmund Husserl, expanded together with a circle of his followers at the universities of Göttingen and Munich in Germany, and spread across to France, the United States, and elsewhere, often in contexts far removed from Husserl's early work, a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund Husserl Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was a philosopher who is deemed the founder of phenomenology. He broke with the positivist orientation of the science and philosophy of his day, believing that experience is the source of all knowledge, while at the same time he elaborated critiques of psychologism and historicism.
- Other uses
- 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 the previous adventure. This search leads them to, a novel by Charles Sheffield
- Transcendent (novel) Transcendent is the third science fiction novel in the Destiny's Children series by Stephen Baxter, a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
- Transcendence (novel), a fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore
- Transcendence (video game), a science-fiction game by George Moromisato.
- Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album), a jazz album by Alice Coltrane
- Transcendence (Crimson Glory album), a heavy metal album by Crimson Glory
- Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the longest foot race in the world.
- Transcendence (Segue), an instrumental by progressive metal band Symphony X Founded in New Jersey 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 Suite
- Other (imported)
- Transcendental Students, an anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. It seeks to diminish or even abolish authority in the conduct of human relations. Anarchists may widely disagree on what additional criteria are required in anarchism. The Oxford Companion to student activist group from New York
- Transcendental (album) Transcendental is the debut album from UK progressive metal band To-Mera. Its style is characterised by female vocals; long, multi-sectioned songs; heavy riffs and jazzy sections. The album has been likened to the works of bands such as Symphony X, SikTh, Dillinger Escape Plan and Opeth.[citation needed], an album by UK band To-Mera
- Transcendental Etudes The Transcendental Etudes , S.139, are a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz Liszt in 1852. The 1852 version is the revision of an even more technically difficult 1837 version, which in turn was the elaboration of a set of studies written in 1826, a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz Liszt Franz Liszt [note 2] (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher
- Transcendental Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1945 to research tilt-rotor A tiltrotor aircraft utilizes a pair or more of powered rotors mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles at the end of a fixed wing for lift and propulsion, and combines the vertical lift capability of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft. For vertical flight, the rotors are angled so the plane of rotation is aircraft
- Transcendental Sigil Stone, In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games. It is the fourth installment in The Elder Scrolls action fantasy video game series, following The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Oblivion was released, the highest level of sigil stone available from closing a Gate of Oblivion
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