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Single Idea 611

[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being ]

Full Idea

Being qua being, taken universally and not in regard to some part of it, is the domain of the science of philosophy.

Gist of Idea

Being, taken simply as being, is the domain of philosophy

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1060b23)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.324