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[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being ]

Full Idea

In 'Metaphysics' Δ.7 Aristotle lists four kinds of being ('to on'): incidental being, per se being, potential and actual being, and being as truth.

Gist of Idea

There are four kinds of being: incidental, per se, potential and actual, and being as truth

Source

report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE]) by Ludwig Wittgenstein - Culture and Value III.1

Book Reference

Wedin,Michael V.: 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' [OUP 2000], p.66


A Reaction

These don't seem to be mutually exclusive, though the first two are, and potential and actual are. They look like three ways of getting at being.