20903 | The only distinctions are Configuration (shape), Disposition (order) and Turning (position) [Democritus, by Aristotle] |
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] |
21813 | Number determines individual being [Plotinus] |
15812 | Being implies distinctness, which implies division, unity, and multitude [Aquinas] |
9110 | The words 'thing' and 'to be' assert the same idea, as a noun and as a verb [William of Ockham] |
12319 | What is not truly one being is not truly a being either [Leibniz] |
6921 | Particularity belongs to being, whereas generality belongs to thought [Feuerbach] |
4064 | The idea of a thing and the idea of existence are two sides of the same coin [Quine, by Crane] |
13404 | To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated [Jubien] |