Philoponus: On Aristotle Categories 15 with Philoponus: A Treatise Concerning the Whole and the Parts by Riin Sirkel;Martin Tweedale;John Harris;Daniel King;

Author:Riin Sirkel;Martin Tweedale;John Harris;Daniel King;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472584113
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Published: 2014-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

3b33 It seems that substance does not admit of a more or a less.

He crosses over to a fifth attendant feature, I mean that substances do not admit of a more or a less. This feature follows from the previous one and |15|originates from this (i.e. the one which says that there is no contrary to a substance), for a more and a less naturally occurs in those things in which also contrariety is found. But this is not so unqualifiedly; not all contraries whatsoever allow for a more or a less, but only those that are naturally liable to be mixed with each other. For although even and odd are contraries, they do |20|not admit of a more or a less, since they are not naturally liable to be mixed, for one even [number] is not more even than another, nor is one odd [number] more odd than another. But one white thing is said to be more white than another, since white is naturally mixed with black; the more something deviates from being black, the whiter it is said to be, and that which receives a blend |25|which brings it closer to black is said to be less white. Also, something is said to be whiter than itself, for something that is now white becomes whiter than itself when the black that is mixed is separated off. And the same applies to other cases. Now if it is not the case that all the contraries admit of a more and a less, but rather just those that are naturally liable to be mixed, then it is |30|certainly not the case that those having no contrary at all admit of a more and a less.

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