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Full Idea
Only substance admits of definition.
Gist of Idea
Only substance [ousias] admits of definition
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1030b34)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.184