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Can existence be predicated of individuals for Plato?

 
 
tugodum
 
Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2017 01:01 am
Aristotle famously argued that "being" is not a genus. This implies that , for him, "existence" cannot be logically predicated of individuals. But for Plato, "being" is a genus (one of the five "great" ones). Does this mean that, for him, existence can be (pace Russell) logically predicated of individuals (i.e., constitutes, as such, an essential determination)?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 21 Feb, 2017 05:47 pm
@tugodum,
Would anyone care to translate for the benefit of the psychologically disadvantaged and aged (me)
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