The True Path of Being: The Third Form of Ontological Completion

Atlantis is a parable also employed by Plato, the student of Socrates, in his work Timaeus. In the author's conviction, the allegorical narrative of the work The True Path of Being primarily aims to teach philosophy as the absolute inwardness of the experience of being as non-being, for the purpose of discovering its truth.

This philosophical treatise represents the “added value” of those philosophical theories that, from antiquity to the present day, advance toward the demonstration, elevation, and emergence of existence as the ultimate inner core of Man, as the absolute and pure inwardness that is Truth.

The author does not remain unmoved before the majesty of the thinkers who begin with Homer, navigating through myth toward the transition into truth, and continue with the pre-Socratic philosophers. They, in turn, pass the baton to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, who inspired later philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas and modern figures like Søren Kierkegaard. This philosophical text contains historical elements and terminology concerning Being and essence, examined through the lens of these philosophical currents from antiquity to the present. The path of Being also features newly introduced terms, ready to be mobilized to impart the necessary meaning for the sake of the author’s philosophical reflection and hermeneutical approach.

From his own perspective, in seeking the true path of Being as the discovery of truth through the inwardness of Being within an existent reality, the author highlights all the stages of a true path of Being in its inner-worldly duration throughout its life. The synthesis of his personal convictions culminates in the formulation of a strictly personal philosophical theory, which aims to reveal Truth as the absolute inwardness of lived experience.

To achieve his aim, the author expresses his thought through an essay that combines free reflection on ontological matters—intended to provoke thought and aesthetic emotion in the reader—with a narrative following the path of Being. He employs an explanatory method to demonstrate his claims, alongside a dramatic tone reflecting the experiential state of Being. Furthermore, the author utilizes allegorical concepts to elaborate on symbolism.

The author embarked on this enterprise of rescuing existence several times, completing previously unpublished manuscripts. The work was successfully brought to fruition on a bright day in the year 2021, with the blessing and guidance of a profound inspiration, thereby self-negating the confinement of the human personality.