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568 | Some things exist as substances, others as properties of substances [Aristotle] |
15776 | There is only being in a certain way, and without that way there is no being [Aristotle] |
611 | Being, taken simply as being, is the domain of philosophy [Aristotle] |
12348 | There are four kinds of being: incidental, per se, potential and actual, and being as truth [Aristotle, by Wedin] |
11194 | Being is either what falls in the categories, or what makes propositions true [Aristotle, by Aquinas] |
11288 | Things are predicated of the basic thing, which isn't predicated of anything else [Aristotle] |
11234 | The three main candidates for primary being are particular, universal and essence; essence is the answer [Aristotle, by Politis] |
11279 | Primary being is either universals, or the basis of predication, or essence [Aristotle, by Politis] |
11232 | Primary being ('proté ousia') exists in virtue of itself, not in relation to other things [Aristotle, by Politis] |
11293 | Non-primary beings lack essence, or only have a derived essence [Aristotle, by Politis] |
11297 | Primary being is both the essence, and the subject of predication [Aristotle, by Politis] |
566 | If nothing exists except individuals, how can there be a science of infinity? [Aristotle] |
16090 | Being must be understood with reference to one primary sense - the being of substance [Aristotle, by Gill,ML] |
570 | Nothing is added to a man's existence by saying he is 'one', or that 'he exists' [Aristotle] |
11295 | There is no being unless it is determinate and well-defined [Aristotle, by Politis] |
13735 | Aristotle discusses fundamental units of being, rather than existence questions [Aristotle, by Schaffer,J] |
10946 | Existence requires thisness, as quantity or quality [Aristotle] |
16152 | Other types of being all depend on the being of substance [Aristotle] |
12061 | The primary subject seems to be substance, to the fullest extent [Aristotle] |
16118 | Nature is an active principle of change, like potentiality, but it is intrinsic to things [Aristotle] |
15768 | An actuality is usually thought to be a process [Aristotle] |
11154 | Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa [Aristotle] |
17545 | Quantum theory shows that exact science does not need dogmatic realism [Heisenberg] |
12095 | Knowledge of potential is universal and indefinite; of the actual it is definite and of individuals [Aristotle] |
17538 | Quantum theory does not introduce minds into atomic events [Heisenberg] |
11256 | Materialists cannot explain change [Aristotle, by Politis] |
12267 | There are ten categories: essence, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, activity, passivity [Aristotle] |
12347 | The immediate divisions of that which is are genera, each with its science [Aristotle] |