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Single Idea 11154

[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence ]

Full Idea

Prior things can have being without posterior things, without the posterior being able to have being without the prior, to adopt Plato's distinction.

Gist of Idea

Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1019a04)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.131

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A Reaction

Fine quotes this, in expounding Aristotle's account of essence.