Single Idea 12267

[catalogued under 7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories]

Full Idea

The four main types of predicates fall into ten categories: essence, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, activity, passivity.

Gist of Idea

There are ten categories: essence, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, activity, passivity

Source

Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 103b20)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics and Topica', ed/tr. Tredennick,H/Forster,ES [Harvard 1960], p.293


A Reaction

These are the standard ten categories of Aristotle. He is notable for the divisions not being sharp, and ten being a rough total. He is well aware of the limits of precision in such matters.