Being Is Not Univocal Like Circularity

Being is not univocal like circularity which signifies one thing however disparate its instances but is intrinsically analogical with the analogicity of proper proportionality. St. Thomas situates a doctrine of platonic and neoplatonic origins that doctrine of participation firmly within an Aristotelian analysis. The perception that being is and can be and isn't can be said in many ways according to the likeness of differing ratsyones or proportions of act as limited by potency involves what John of St. Thomas will call a confusio, fusing together differing modes of being.