Episode Synopsis "The "Great Kinds"- Being, Unity, Contrary, etc.- "Metaphysics" Book Gamma.2"

One of the things that the ontologist must study and which is assumed by the other special sciences are the "Great Kinds": Being, Unity, Contraries, Similarities, etc. All the special sciences must use them but none can really study them while remaining in their own field. Once again this field lies within what we now call "ontology".

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