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Introduction Ontology As the Science of Being Ontology can basically be said to be the science of being. It is that branch of Metaphysics which focuses on the study of being as being. Etymologically, it is derived from the two Greek words, onta meaning existence and logos meaning discourse. It is the study of the nature and meaning of being. The uniqueness of this field of study stem from the fact that it studies the most basic quality of all things which is not within the sphere of other disciplines. This because all that are in existence share one elusive property: being or existence. This quality or property is what concerns ontology. Aja further contends that, “ontology does not consider beings either from a material or immaterial aspects; rather it considers them under the general features which are common to all things and which are attributes or determinations of being  in general or being as such”. Ontology as an attempt at elucidating the nature of being is also an attempt

                                                INTRODUCTION             The non-universally accepted definition of philosophy and the multi-dimensional activities termed philosophical makes it an interesting discourse in arguing for, or against the existence of philosophy among a group of people or a community.             Running through the ages since man began to question the nature of the universe and the place of the human being in it, different people advance to express and give the meaning of philosophy in their various cultural, ideological and temperamental backgrounds. Some define philosophy from the ambient of their schools of thoughts, interest and epochs, others from their unque orientations and convictions. About be it religious, personal affiliations or socio-political bents. In spites of the impression with regards to the definitions of philosophy, most scholars would still see it as a critical enterprise; a quest to find through a rational, systematic and o