Ekzistencës

Ekzistencës is the genitive form of ekzistenca, the Albanian word for existence. In Albanian, ekzistenca denotes the state or fact of being, and ekzistencës is used in phrases to mean “of existence” or to indicate a relationship to existence, such as in scholarly discussions of the concept.

Existence is a central concept in philosophy, especially ontology. It raises questions such as what it means for something to exist, whether existence is a property, and how beings relate to their essence. Philosophers distinguish existence from essence, with debates about necessity and contingency and about whether something must exist or could fail to exist. In existentialist thought, individual existence, freedom, and responsibility are emphasized, with the claim that existence precedes essence in shaping a person’s being.

Historically, the problem of existence appears in ancient thought, notably in Aristotle's analyses of being, and in later medieval and modern debates about ontology, metaphysics, and epistemology. In the 19th and 20th centuries, phenomenology and existentialism treated existence as a concrete lived experience, influencing fields from theology to literary theory. Common topics include modal existence, possible worlds, and the question of the existence of God or abstract entities.

In Albanian scholarship, ekzistenca and its inflected forms appear in philosophical texts, translations of European works, and academic discourse on ontology and metaphysics. The term serves as a bridge between linguistic expression and wide philosophical traditions about what it means to be.