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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

12319	What is not truly one being is not truly a being either [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: What is not truly one being is not truly a being either.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1687.04.30), quoted by Alain Badiou - Briefings on Existence 1
	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.