“absolute” universal—as is shown in those cases where one side or the other is taken as absolute. But when we say “ideal” and “universal” it becomes clear that these questions strive to grasp the absolute in its particular instantiation—its In-sein—within the creaturely. Hence they are questions concerning the innermost rhythmic beat between God (as the absolute) and the created (as what is grounded, directed, and determined by this absolute), in that they are concerned with the innermost beat of