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Things are said to 'be' (1) in an accidental sense, (2) by their
own nature. |
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(1) In an accidental sense, e.g. we say 'the righteous doer is musical',
and 'the man is musical', and 'the musician is a man', just as we
say 'the musician builds', because the builder happens to be musical
or the musician to be a builder; |
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(2) The kinds of essential being are precisely those that are indicated
by the figures of predication; |
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(3) Again, 'being' and 'is' mean that a statement is true, 'not being'
that it is not true but false - and this alike in the case of affirmation
and of negation; |
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(4) Again, 'being' and 'that which is' mean that some of the things
we have mentioned 'are' potentially, others in complete reality. |
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