Situating Ferdinand Ulrich in history -- The perfection of being, manifest in the finite creature -- Being in time and space -- The mystery of man and his onto-dramatic task -- Metaphysics as praeparatio evangelica -- Appendix A: Paraphrase of the argument of Homo abyssus -- Appendix B: "The unity of the transcendentals in the metaphysics of man" (1960) Ferdinand Ulrich.