Being

A being, in the most general sense, is anything that is alive. Being with a capital 'B', on the other hand, is often used in philosophy to refer to divine Being, God, or ultimate reality.

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In philosophy, a being is anything that can be said to be. Ontology is the philosophical study of being. See also categories of being and "I think, therefore I am".

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Philosophy - Ontology - Categories of being - I think, therefore I am

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In linguistics, "to be" is a copula.

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Linguistics - Copula

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