THEREareseveralsensesinwhichathingmaybesaidto’be’，
aswepointedoutpreviouslyinourbookonthevarioussensesof
words；’forinonesensethe’being’meantis’whatathingis’ora
’this’，andinanothersenseitmeansaqualityorquantityorone
oftheotherthingsthatarepredicatedastheseare。While’being’