The difference between generation and alteration
Let us speak about generation and alteration and what they are different in; for we say that these changes are different from one another.…
What we mean by “fulfilment”
According to Aristotle, the term “fulfilment” (entelexeia) signifies the agency and completion; for it is composed of the one, the complete, and the having,…
The complete and the whole
That of which nothing is left outside, is complete and whole; for thus we define the whole, as that of which nothing is absent,…
What change is, and how many kinds of change there are
Given that each kind of being is divided into that which is in actuality, and into that which is in potentiality, the actualization of…
In which way “in vain” is said of
Something is said to be “in vain”, when the end for the sake of which it comes to be does not occur, e.g. if…
How something may come to be out of that which is not
Since everything which comes to be comes to be either out of something which is or out of something which is not, and it…
What an absurdity is and how it stands
An absurdity (from the Greek word topazo meaning guess, assume) is what one may not assume in that it cannot be grasped by a certain…
All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from pre-existent knowledge
If this is so, and demonstration is a sort of teaching and learning, then demonstration too is assumed from pre-existent knowledge, namely from common…
How likeness should be considered in things
Likeness should be considered upon things that belong to different genera, that is, as one thing is to some one thing, so is another…
What and out of which a predication according to nature is
Of things some are universal, others particular. I call universal that which is by its nature predicated of many subjects, and particular that into…
