Philosophy seeks what being is, in so far as it is. Philosophy is en route to the Being of being, that is, to being with respect to Being. Aristotle explains this by adding in the cited statement to the question τί τὸ ὄν, What if being? the explanation τοῦτο ἐστι τίς ἡ οὐσια; in translation: "This (namely, τί τὸ ὄν) means, what is the Beingness of being?" The Being of being rests in the Beingness. But this--the οὐσια--Plato calls ἰδέα and Aristotle ἐνέργεια.

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