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Full Idea
Being is heterogeneous: there is substantial being, accidental being, complete being, incomplete being, necessary being, contingent being, possible being, absolute being, relative being, intrinsic being, extrinsic being, and so on.
Gist of Idea
Being is substantial/accidental, complete/incomplete, necessary/contingent, possible, relative, intrinsic..
Source
David S. Oderberg (Real Essentialism [2007], 5.3)
Book Ref
Oderberg,David S.: 'Real Essentialism' [Routledge 2009], p.107
A Reaction
Dependent being? Oderberg is giving the modern scholastic view. Personally I take 'being' to be univocal, even if it can be qualified in all sorts of ways. I don't believe we actually have any grasp at all of different ways to exist.