Full Idea
Aporia 11: Is primary being simply being itself and unity itself, or is primary being rather things that are and are one?
Gist of Idea
Aporia 11: Are primary being and unity distinct, or only in the things that are?
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1001a04--b25) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 3.4
Book Reference
Politis,Vasilis: 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' [Routledge 2004], p.87
A Reaction
I can't make sense of 'being' in itself, though Heidegger seems to have devoted his life to the idea. It appears that Aristotle agrees with me.