Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Isaiah, Pindar and Aristotle

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
13221 Existence is either potential or actual [Aristotle]
568 Some things exist as substances, others as properties of substances [Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
12348 There are four kinds of being: incidental, per se, potential and actual, and being as truth [Aristotle, by Wedin]
11194 Being is either what falls in the categories, or what makes propositions true [Aristotle, by Aquinas]
15776 There is only being in a certain way, and without that way there is no being [Aristotle]
611 Being, taken simply as being, is the domain of philosophy [Aristotle]
11288 Things are predicated of the basic thing, which isn't predicated of anything else [Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
1706 Non-existent things aren't made to exist by thought, because their non-existence is part of the thought [Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
11232 Primary being ('proté ousia') exists in virtue of itself, not in relation to other things [Aristotle, by Politis]
11286 Primary being must be more than mere indeterminate ultimate subject of predication [Politis on Aristotle]
11234 The three main candidates for primary being are particular, universal and essence; essence is the answer [Aristotle, by Politis]
11279 Primary being is either universals, or the basis of predication, or essence [Aristotle, by Politis]
11293 Non-primary beings lack essence, or only have a derived essence [Aristotle, by Politis]
11297 Primary being is both the essence, and the subject of predication [Aristotle, by Politis]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
566 If nothing exists except individuals, how can there be a science of infinity? [Aristotle]
16090 Being must be understood with reference to one primary sense - the being of substance [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
570 Nothing is added to a man's existence by saying he is 'one', or that 'he exists' [Aristotle]
12061 The primary subject seems to be substance, to the fullest extent [Aristotle]
10946 Existence requires thisness, as quantity or quality [Aristotle]
16152 Other types of being all depend on the being of substance [Aristotle]
11295 There is no being unless it is determinate and well-defined [Aristotle, by Politis]
13735 Aristotle discusses fundamental units of being, rather than existence questions [Aristotle, by Schaffer,J]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence
5105 The incommensurability of the diagonal always exists, and so it is not in time [Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
1707 Maybe necessity and non-necessity are the first principles of ontology [Aristotle]