Tag: philosophy
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Introduction to Common Accidents, Properties, and Differentia
Introduction Now that we have covered the predicables related to what is generally entitled ‘secondary substances’ (ie. that which is said of something, but is not in a substrate), it is time to elucidate that which is both said of something, as well as is in something. Common Accident The most rudimentary of these terms…
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A Brief Detour in Logic- Some Clarifications
We shall take a brief detour in order to properly examine what it means to state something is in a subject, and to explain what it means to be predicated of a subject. First, we should explain what we mean by subject and predicate. The subject of a statement is what the subject is about.…
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Introduction to Genus and Species
We shall now embark on the nature of the five Aristotelian predicables. First, we should define what a predicable is. A predicable can simply be defined as a system of relations that describe how a thing is of many. The first form of predicable is the genus. The ancient meaning of the word genus can…
Mind and Essence 