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... consider the proposition there is no unpredicated being, or un-qualified being, which explains the simple assertion there is no being-in-itself, or absolute being No Unqualified Being The proposition that there is no unpredicated being, or un-qualified being, aligns with the philosophical stance that existence is not a predicate that can be added to a concept to form a complete description of an object. According to this view, any attempt to conceive of a being that is entirely without predicates—what might be termed a "being-in-itself" or "absolute being"—is incoherent because the very act of conceiving or referring to such a being requires the application of predicates, even if only the predicate of existence itself. Kant argued that existence is not a real predicate, meaning it does not add to the essence or concept of a thing; rather, it merely indicates the thing's occurrence in reality Therefore, to posit a being that is not qualified by any predicates...