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Examine the thesis that "Being is neither univocal nor equivocal but analogous."
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The thesis that “Being is neither univocal nor equivocal but analogous” is an important doctrine in metaphysics, particularly associated with the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. It concerns the meaning of the term “being” when it is applied to different things. The central issue is whether the word “being” has exactly the same meaning in every case, completely different meanings, or meanings that are related while not being identical. If being were univocal, it would have exactly the same meaning whenever it is predicated of different things. For example, the term “human” is univocal when applied to different human beings because it expresses the same essential concept in each case. If “being” were univocal in this sense, the being of a human, a tree, a number, and God would all belong to one common genus and would be understood in precisely the same way. However, classical metaphysics rejects this position because created things and God
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