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Single Idea 12319

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being]

Full Idea

What is not truly one being is not truly a being either.

Gist of Idea

What is not truly one being is not truly a being either

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1687.04.30), quoted by Alain Badiou - Briefings on Existence 1

Book Reference

Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.34


A Reaction

Badiou quotes this as identifying Being with the One. I say Leibniz had no concept of 'gunk', and thought everything must have a 'this' identity in order to exist, which is just the sort of thing a logician would come up with.