Ideas from 'On Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'' by Thomas Aquinas [1266], by Theme Structure

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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
Different genera are delimited by modes of predication, which rest on modes of being
                        Full Idea: Being is delimited into different genera in accord with different modes of predicating, which depend on different modes of being.
                        From: Thomas Aquinas (On Aristotle's 'Metaphysics' [1266], V.9.890), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 12.3
                        A reaction: I like this. When people say that predication is the way we divide things up, and go all linguistic-relativist about things, they forget how closely language not only describes reality, but arises out of, or is even caused by, reality. 'Grue' is silly.