Tonéxie, a Foundational Philosophical Neologism
A semantic void called to be named.
Existing language was no longer sufficient to express what the Musarthis constellation and the Musarthis Museum carry within them.
Years of reflection gave rise to a neologism capable of expressing the universe of Arthésie and the Musarthis constellation with greater precision: Tonéxie.
Tonéxie — from the Latin totus (whole, entire, totality) and nexus (link, connection, bond) — does not belong to any existing approach. It stems from a singular perception of the world and constitutes a distinct vision, specific to the universe of Arthésie.
Holistic, systemic and integrative approaches are not sufficient to express what Tonéxie encompasses. Tonéxie is founded on the indivisibility of links: everything is connected, interconnected, transconnected, continuously interinfluential and interdependent. The dimensions of being are not separate components later brought together; their relationships are constitutive of the whole itself. Through their continuous interactions, they give rise to realities that no isolated dimension could produce or contain on its own.
Within Tonéxie, interconnection refers to the way dimensions are linked to one another. Interinfluence describes the continuous reciprocal effects they exert on one another, constantly modifying, shaping and transforming one another. Transconnection refers to connections that move across dimensions, pass through them and generate effects beyond the elements initially involved. These relationships are continuous rather than occasional: they form an ongoing network of reciprocal influences, transformations and effects.
Tonéxie (n.)
A vision and approach to being in its interconnected and indivisible totality, in which every dimension — corporeal, psychic, creative, nutritive, sensorial, spiritual, intellectual, philosophical, epistemic, societal, cultural, economic, technological, digital, environmental and ecological — exists in continuous relation with the others. These dimensions are interconnected, transconnected and mutually influential, forming a living whole whose reality arises not only from what composes it, but also from the relationships, interactions and transformations generated between its dimensions.
Tonexic (adj.)
Relating to Tonéxie, its vision or its approach; describing a way of understanding being and its dimensions as indivisible, interconnected, transconnected, continuously interinfluential and interdependent.
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