Transcendence  

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Transcendence is

1. The act of surpassing usual limits.
2. The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.
3. The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.
4. Superior excellence; supereminence.

Etymology

From Old French transcender, Latin transcendere ‎(“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans ‎(“over”) + scandere ‎(“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.

Religion

• Transcendence (religion), the concept of being entirely beyond the universe (Not a living being).
• Transcendentals, religious and philosophical properties of being.
• Salvation, the human transcendence of death.

Philosophy

• Transcendence (philosophy), climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit
• Transcendentalism, a 19th-century American religious and philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical
• Transcendent theosophy, a school of Islamic philosophy founded by the 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra
• Transcendental perspectivism, a philosophy blending perspectivism and transcendentalism
• Transcendental idealism, a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant
• Transcendental realism, a concept stemming from the philosophy of Immanuel Kant
• Transcendental Meditation, a Vedic meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
• Transcendental Phenomenology, a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund Husserl.
• Transcendentals, religious and philosophical properties of being.

Other uses

• Transcendence (novel), a novel by Charles Sheffield
• Transcendent (novel), a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Transcendence (novel), a fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore
• Transcendence (video game), a science-fiction game by George Moromisato.
• Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album), a jazz album by Alice Coltrane
• Transcendence (Crimson Glory album), a heavy metal album by Crimson Glory
• Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the longest foot race in the world.
• Transcendence (Segue), an instrumental by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 2000 album V: The New Mythology Suite
• Transcendental Students, an anarchist student activist group from New York
• Transcendental, an album by UK band To-Mera
• Transcendental Etudes, a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz Liszt
• Transcendental Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1945 to research tilt-rotor aircraft
• Transcendental Sigil Stone, in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the highest level of sigil stone available from closing a Gate of Oblivion.
• Transcendental Reunion, a song by country artist Mary Chapin Carpenter, from her 2012 album "Ashes and Roses"