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What is real?
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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Also in case somebody cares, my definition is that reality is time, space, matter and energy.
Everything that is measurable; everything that is subject of laws and that a lord would possess.
Like, i believe the word "real" literally comes from the root "re-" which means something like king-like (latin "rex"), so it describes everything associated with a worldly leader, which is mostly the possession of land areas and the (measurable) things that are thereon, such as kilograms of wheat produced.
That etymology tracks more closely with the réal. Real goes back to the Latin res meaning property or affairs.
Yeah, "property" as in something that can be discussed in court and the kings (or feudal lords) basically were the court as they were the ones enforcing the law. So it was a king-related (or rather feudal-lord related) affair.
lol, no