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    Porphyry's Isagoge establishes that 'being' functions as ... — Carmelics
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    Porphyry's Isagoge establishes that 'being' functions as a genus-like category applicable to God and creatures in Neoplatonic theology.

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    • 1.Porphyry's logical framework in Isagoge treats 'being' as the highest predicable category encompassing all substances hierarchically.
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    • 2.Neoplatonic metaphysics requires a common conceptual framework to relate transcendent and immanent realms, which 'being' as genus provides.
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    • 3.Medieval interpreters of Porphyry applied this genus-like 'being' to bridge theological language about God and creation systematically.
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    • 1.Porphyry explicitly avoids classifying 'being' as a true genus in Isagoge, treating it as a principle beyond categorical logic.
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    • 2.Neoplatonic theology emphasizes divine transcendence; equivocal 'being' language prevents univocal genus-application to God and creatures.
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    • 3.The Isagoge focuses on predicables for substance-classification, not on theological analogies between transcendent and material domains.
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