This essay develops a systematic ontology of harmony within the framework of the Philosophy of Belonging (FDP), articulated with the Psychology of Belonging (PDP) and the Economy of Belonging (EDP). It argues that harmony is neither an aesthetic ideal nor a state of perfection, but a minimal relational condition of possibility for existence: nothing exists in isolation; to be is to belong. The work distinguishes between synchronic time (regularity, repetition, measurable order) and diachronic time (irreversibility, finitude, transformation), and characterizes the universe—especially social life—as non-ergodic: the future is not a probabilistic repetition of the past, and historical novelty is real. From this perspective, the pursuit of total harmony appears as an ontological and practical error. Integrating physics (irreversibility and thermodynamics), evolutionary biology (diversification and adaptation), psychology (attachment, hospitalism, affect regulation), institutional theory, economics (uncertainty, non-ergodicity, path dependence), religion, and aesthetics (music and beauty as lived harmony), the essay proposes the principle of sufficient harmony. Life, institutions, and social design should not aim at eliminating conflict or diachrony, but at constructing resilient and reparable architectures of belonging capable of sustaining trust, dignity, inclusion, and creativity in a non-ergodic world. The fundamental thesis is ontological and practical at once: belonging is always imperfect, yet it is the condition of existence. The art of living consists in seeking sufficient harmony without demanding impossible perfection.
Carlos Federico Obregon Diaz (Thu,) studied this question.