A REVIEW OF EMMANUEL EDEH’S “TOWARDS AN IGBO METAPHYSICSâ€

KANU Ikechukwu Anthony

Abstract


Edeh further discussed the nature of being, a fundamental issue in metaphysics.  He posits a notion of being that is derived from a dual loci: from the Igbo language and the Igbo concept of the human person Edeh says that it is born from the fact that human beings are the principal focus of the Igbo physical world, basically comprising the human and non-human. This is expressed in Igbo names and proverbs: madu-ka (Human beings are the greatest) madu-bisi (Human life is the first). From the foregoing, one becomes aware of what is through an awareness of the human person as a visible concrete instance of what exists. But this would not be the area of concern in this piece. The researcher is primarily concerned with Edeh’s derivation of being from the Igbo language.

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