ens realissimum, n.Definitions

Ens realissimum (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the 'most real being' means not the most actual being but the one richest in what-content — lacking no positive determination.

Ens realissimum (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the one single genuine ideal of which human reason is capable: the only case where a universal concept of one thing is thoroughly determined through itself.

The Ens realissimum (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the original being from which all things, as defective copies (ectypa), take the matter of their possibility; however nearly they approach it, they always fall infinitely short.

The Ens realissimum (n.) grounds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all things as a ground and not as a sum total: it is not an aggregate of derived beings, and our whole sensibility belongs to its consequences, not to it as an ingredient.

The Ens realissimum (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a mere representation, yet it is first realized, then hypostatized, and finally personified — because the unity of experience seems to lie in a highest understanding.