>>17023722first we need to start with metaphysics. 'being' is like a gradient (picrel), and modes of being (modailty) is that which is impossible, that which is possible, and that which is actual. things that are impossible (e.g., a circular square) do not exist. things that are possible (e.g., a situation where kanye west is president of the United States) can exist, but might not. things that are actual do exist (e.g., squareness). at the highest level of actuality is Being itself, aka God. Being is Good. from there, we can arrive at other philosophical truths, such as ethics
