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[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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Full Idea
In 'Metaphysics' Aristotle argues that the various senses of being must be understood with reference to being in one primary sense, the being of substance.
Gist of Idea
Being must be understood with reference to one primary sense - the being of substance
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1 Intro) by Mary Louise Gill - Aristotle on Substance
Book Ref
Gill,Mary Louise: 'Aristotle on Substance: Paradox of Unity' [Princeton 1989], p.13
A Reaction
This I take (with limited knowledge of such things) to be the key message that needs to be grasped by the followers of Hegel and Heidegger, who seem to think you can grasp Being either directly, or through human experience of it.
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[being as only found in substances or particulars]:
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20903
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The only distinctions are Configuration (shape), Disposition (order) and Turning (position)
[Democritus, by Aristotle]
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566
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If nothing exists except individuals, how can there be a science of infinity?
[Aristotle]
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16090
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Being must be understood with reference to one primary sense - the being of substance
[Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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570
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Nothing is added to a man's existence by saying he is 'one', or that 'he exists'
[Aristotle]
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12061
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The primary subject seems to be substance, to the fullest extent
[Aristotle]
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10946
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Existence requires thisness, as quantity or quality
[Aristotle]
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16152
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Other types of being all depend on the being of substance
[Aristotle]
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11295
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There is no being unless it is determinate and well-defined
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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13735
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Aristotle discusses fundamental units of being, rather than existence questions
[Aristotle, by Schaffer,J]
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21813
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Number determines individual being
[Plotinus]
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15812
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Being implies distinctness, which implies division, unity, and multitude
[Aquinas]
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9110
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The words 'thing' and 'to be' assert the same idea, as a noun and as a verb
[William of Ockham]
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12319
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What is not truly one being is not truly a being either
[Leibniz]
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6921
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Particularity belongs to being, whereas generality belongs to thought
[Feuerbach]
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4064
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The idea of a thing and the idea of existence are two sides of the same coin
[Quine, by Crane]
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13404
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To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated
[Jubien]
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