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both are connected with the remaining genus of "being," and do not
indicate any objective reality. Let us therefore dismiss them, and
consider the causes and principles of Being itself qua Being. [We have made it clear in our distinction of
the number of senses in which each term is used that "being" has
several senses.]1
1 This sentence is almost certainly a later and clumsy addition to show the connection with the following book.
Aristotle. Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vols.17, 18, translated by Hugh Tredennick. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1933, 1989.
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