Single Idea 21902

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being]

Full Idea

Being is said in a single and same sense of everything of which it is said, but that of which it is said differs: it is said of difference itself.

Gist of Idea

'Being' is univocal, but its subject matter is actually 'difference'

Source

Gilles Deleuze (Difference and Repetition [1968], p.36), quoted by Todd May - Gilles Deleuze 3.03

Book Reference

May,Todd: 'Gilles Deleuze' [CUP 2006], p.82


A Reaction

This is an attempt to express the Heraclitean view of reality, as process, movement, multiplicity - something which always eludes our attempts to pin it down.