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|But also, things in this world, physical things, “material things” as we know them, also have elements of change, elements of “becoming.” That is part of the matter of a thing. | |But also, things in this world, physical things, “material things” as we know them, also have elements of change, elements of “becoming.” That is part of the matter of a thing. | ||
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==Being said vs being in== | |||
Being a human exists in virtue of individuals existing. | |||
Example 1: The form of a chair exists and depends on its particulars, i.e., the existence of an actual instance of a chair. Thus the form of the chair is real, it exists and '''''it is in the object''''' or imminent; it is present in the object. See [[Immanent Realism]]. | |||
Example 2: There is an animal. This statement is true because there is Socrates, and Socrates is an animal. | |||
In other words we are able to make the claim that there is an animal because we can make the first claim, there is Socrates! | |||
{|class=wikitable | |||
|style="padding: 10px" | '''Primary''' | |||
| Socrates | |||
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|style="padding: 10px" |'''Secondary''' | |||
| Animal | |||
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