Ungrund

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Ungrund is a mystical philosophical concept, especially in Jakob Böhme’s thought, denoting the ineffable, groundless abyss or pre-ontological nothingness from which God and all existence emerge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German philosophical term
metaphysical concept
mystical philosophical concept
theological concept
contrastsWith created order
rationally knowable being
hasAspect dark ground of divinity
pre-rational origin of will
hasLanguage German
hasMeaning groundless abyss
ineffable origin of being
pre-ontological nothingness
hasRole metaphysical source of all oppositions
origin point of divine self-manifestation in Böhme
precondition for the emergence of light and darkness in Böhme’s system
influenced Friedrich Schelling’s philosophy
German idealism
surface form: German Idealism

German mysticism
Romantic philosophy
isCentralIn Jakob Böhme’s philosophy
isCharacterizedBy abyssal nature
groundlessness
ineffability
isConnectedTo apophatic theology
negative theology
speculative mysticism
isDescribedAs that from which God and creation emerge
isDifficultTo define conceptually
isDiscussedIn Christian mystical theology
history of metaphysics
philosophy of religion
isOftenTranslatedAs abyss
groundless ground
unground
isRelatedTo creation ex nihilo
divine freedom
nothingness
the absolute
isUsedBy Jakob Böhme NERFINISHED
originatesIn early 17th-century German mysticism
precedes God as manifest
all determinate existence
being

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Jakob Böhme centralConcept Ungrund