This chapter begins with a simple question: “what does reaching agreement entail?”, a concept often taken for granted. Yet once we meditate on it, the unraveling begins layer by layer into a vast landscape of intertwined concepts, a journey from itself to itself: from Agreement \(\rightarrow \) Understanding \(\rightarrow \) Universal \(\rightarrow \) Moral Values \(\rightarrow \) Judgment \(\rightarrow \) Choice \(\rightarrow \) Becoming \(\rightarrow \) Will \(\rightarrow \) Dialectical \(\rightarrow \) Transcendence \(\rightarrow \) Identity \(\rightarrow \) Purpose \(\rightarrow \) Truth \(\rightarrow \) Fact \(\rightarrow \) Human Condition \(\rightarrow \) Ontology \(\rightarrow \) Epistemology \(\rightarrow \) \(\bullet \) \(\rightarrow \) First Cause \(\rightarrow \) Oneness, Existence, Essence \(\rightarrow \) Being to Agreement. This inquiry culminates in announcing agreement as the convergence onto one vote, a harmonious whole, all echoing one vote: Be. Not “to be”, but “Just Be”. We conjecture that to vote is Be. The introspection specifically explores the notion of agreement as a universal understanding that prompts philosophical and religious inquiry. It analyzes various interconnected themes including goodness, intrinsic and extrinsic values, moral values, ethical principles, existence and essence, as well as subjectivity and objectivity. Additionally, it examines concepts like becoming, will, faith, and command, ultimately leading to a discussion of purpose and identity through an ontological and epistemological lens. We explore the concept of becoming as the process of making a choice to define one’s existential self, distinguishing it from the experience of making the choice to identify one’s essential Self. We differentiate between becoming-in-defining (existential) and becoming-in-identifying (essential). Once identity is manifested, one’s purpose becomes known, its truth is self-evident, and it serves as the beacon guiding every act. In this formulation, identity acts as the stable measure that uses innate values to recognize what is in harmony with one’s essential purpose—analogous to a scale. Whichever action or choice is assessed to be in balance with one’s purpose is accepted as a necessity; otherwise, it is rejected as a necessity through one’s will. Therefore, there is no account of free will, as essence and purpose are sealed in destiny. We further draw attention to the distinction between human doing (cf. free will as an act of doing) and human being (cf. freedom as a state of being). The analysis further broadens into ontological questions surrounding existence as it relates to cause while incorporating phenomenological aspects as they pertain to identity and Being. The chapter concludes with a meditation—a reflection—on the concept of Being.

Philosophical Perspectives

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2025年

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Mohammad Sadoghi

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This chapter begins with a simple question: “what does reaching agreement entail?”, a concept often taken for granted. Yet once we meditate on it, the unraveling begins layer by layer into a vast landscape of intertwined concepts, a journey from itself to itself: from Agreement \(\rightarrow \) Understanding \(\rightarrow \) Universal \(\rightarrow \) Moral Values \(\rightarrow \) Judgment \(\rightarrow \) Choice \(\rightarrow \) Becoming \(\rightarrow \) Will \(\rightarrow \) Dialectical \(\rightarrow \) Transcendence \(\rightarrow \) Identity \(\rightarrow \) Purpose \(\rightarrow \) Truth \(\rightarrow \) Fact \(\rightarrow \) Human Condition \(\rightarrow \) Ontology \(\rightarrow \) Epistemology \(\rightarrow \) \(\bullet \) \(\rightarrow \) First Cause \(\rightarrow \) Oneness, Existence, Essence \(\rightarrow \) Being to Agreement. This inquiry culminates in announcing agreement as the convergence onto one vote, a harmonious whole, all echoing one vote: Be. Not “to be”, but “Just Be”. We conjecture that to vote is Be. The introspection specifically explores the notion of agreement as a universal understanding that prompts philosophical and religious inquiry. It analyzes various interconnected themes including goodness, intrinsic and extrinsic values, moral values, ethical principles, existence and essence, as well as subjectivity and objectivity. Additionally, it examines concepts like becoming, will, faith, and command, ultimately leading to a discussion of purpose and identity through an ontological and epistemological lens. We explore the concept of becoming as the process of making a choice to define one’s existential self, distinguishing it from the experience of making the choice to identify one’s essential Self. We differentiate between becoming-in-defining (existential) and becoming-in-identifying (essential). Once identity is manifested, one’s purpose becomes known, its truth is self-evident, and it serves as the beacon guiding every act. In this formulation, identity acts as the stable measure that uses innate values to recognize what is in harmony with one’s essential purpose—analogous to a scale. Whichever action or choice is assessed to be in balance with one’s purpose is accepted as a necessity; otherwise, it is rejected as a necessity through one’s will. Therefore, there is no account of free will, as essence and purpose are sealed in destiny. We further draw attention to the distinction between human doing (cf. free will as an act of doing) and human being (cf. freedom as a state of being). The analysis further broadens into ontological questions surrounding existence as it relates to cause while incorporating phenomenological aspects as they pertain to identity and Being. The chapter concludes with a meditation—a reflection—on the concept of Being.