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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) and Bob Hale/ Aviv Hoffmann

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

11193	Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]
	Full Idea: Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence.
	From: Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) (Commentary on the Metaphysics [1022], 1/6), quoted by Thomas Aquinas - De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence) p.91
	A reaction: I think I might put it that wisdom is only really possible for people who aim to grasp being and essence in some way. I see no prospect of understanding 'being', and even essences may be forever just beyond our grasp.