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Single Idea 566
[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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Full Idea
If there is nothing else besides individuals, how is it possible to have a science of infinity?
Gist of Idea
If nothing exists except individuals, how can there be a science of infinity?
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0999a25)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.67
A Reaction
Presumably it could only be referred to by naming all the individuals, which is impossible. John, Paul, George and Ringo need a unifying concept. Even if no infinity is ever completed…
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[being as only found in substances or particulars]:
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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