Categories of Being

Categories of Being are fundamental ways to classify everything that exists, helping us understand how different things relate and differ. Think of them as broad labels that group entities based on shared characteristics—such as substance (like a person or tree), quantity (how much or how many), quality (colors, textures), and relation (connections between things). These categories, rooted in philosophy, provide a framework for analyzing reality, allowing us to organize our understanding of the world systematically without oversimplifying or losing significance.