[Glorantha] Entity and Being

This is verging very close to being off-topic and non-Gloranthan, but not quite.

Jane:

Me:
> > There is a very subtle but very real difference
> > between entitities and beings ... :-)
> >
> > Julian Lord
>
> Then could you explain what you see that difference as
> being, please?

Everything with discrete (material or immaterial) existence is a _being_ ; everything with its own soul, essence, or spirit is an _entity_.

Nysalor and Arkat were two separate beings, but Gbaji is a single entity.

A counter-example would be the Machine God Zistor, who was a being, but not an entity.

Or, there are some entities in the philosophical planes that are not also beings, although (and because of the fact that) their existence cannot be proven.

Julian Lord Received on Tue 04 Apr 2006 - 07:27:16 EEST