Single Idea 11039

[catalogued under 9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences]

Full Idea

Every substance seems to signify a certain 'this'. As regards the primary substances, it is indisputably true that each of them signifies a certain 'this'; for the thing revealed is individual and numerically one.

Gist of Idea

A primary substance reveals a 'this', which is an individual unit

Source

Aristotle (Categories [c.331 BCE], 03b10)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Categories and De Interpretatione', ed/tr. Ackrill,J.R. [OUP 1963], p.9


A Reaction

The notion of 'primary' substance is confined to this earlier metaphysics of Aristotle.