Ypokeimenon or hypokeimenon (in Greek: υποκείμενον) has been discerned as the ‘subject’ that underlies an object. The word as such derives from: ύπο (under) + κείμενον (‘that is’, ‘that exists’, ‘that lies’, or in modern Greek, ‘text’). For ancient Greek philosophers, Ypokeimenon was considered the material substratum of an existing thing, or in other words, the ‘substance’ that makes a thing what it is rather than something else. For Aristotle, this ‘substance’ was perceived as the very essence and the fundamental entity of which our reality is constructed. This ‘substance’ combined with the idea of a perceptually constructed reality persisted throughout all epochs and remained equally relevant even today. In that sense, Ypokeimenon has been looking at the core of the very essential human concerns and values. A philosophical search for the Ypokeimenon is a search for the human essence.

This platform serves as the springboard and a personal diary citing quotes from my regular readings. With a focus on perception of the self and the world around us, I explore several philosophical domains mainly metaphysics, ontology, phenomenology, and existentialism.