Understanding the Structure of Being: An Introduction

Many who first encounter the Structure of Being, as revealed in Emanuele Severino’s thought, find themselves facing profound difficulties—not because the truth is obscure, but because habitual ways of thinking resist it. The idea that being is eternal, that nothing truly comes into or goes out of existence, contradicts the deeply ingrained belief in becoming—the notion that things arise, change, and perish.

This series is an invitation to carefully examine the most common hurdles in understanding this perspective. Each article will address a key objection or difficulty that arises when confronting the necessity of Being. Some of these challenges stem from logic, others from experience, and still others from emotional or existential resistance. All are necessary steps in the unfolding of awareness.

Rather than treating these difficulties as obstacles to be overcome, we will approach them as essential moments in the path toward clarity. The contradictions they reveal are not failures of thought but indicators of a paradigm shift that is already underway.

For those who have struggled with these ideas, for those who have encountered Severino’s thought but found it daunting, and for those who sense an intuitive recognition but are unable to articulate it fully—this series is for you.

Each article builds on the previous one, gradually illuminating why the Structure of Being is not an abstract theory but the undeniable truth of reality itself.