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[from 'Topics' by Aristotle, in 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique ]

Full Idea

'Being' and 'oneness' are predicated of everything which exists.

Gist of Idea

'Being' and 'oneness' are predicated of everything which exists

Source

Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 121a18)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics and Topica', ed/tr. Tredennick,H/Foster,ES [Harvard 1960], p.425


A Reaction

Is 'oneness' predicated of water? So existence always was a predicate, it seems, until Kant told us it wasn't. That existence is a quantifier, not a predicate, seems to be up for question again these days.