Being

On the other hand, in Fairbanks' version, we read it as necessary both to say and to think that being is, for it is possible that being is, and it is impossible that not being is.

This is what I bid thee ponder.

In order to avoid a similar obscurity throughout the paper on early Greek philosophy, I've rendered Das Seiende with existent, das Nicht-Seiende with non-existent, das Sein with being, and das Nicht-Sein with not being.

Greek equivalents omitted.

I'm directly or indirectly indebted for many suggestions to several friends of mine, especially to two of my colleagues, J. Charlton Hipkins, MA, and R. Miller, BA, for their patient revision of the whole of the proofs.