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Single Idea 1674

[filed under theme 14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration ]

Full Idea

All demonstrative science [apodeiktike episteme] is concerned with three things: what it posits to exist (the kind), the axioms (primitives basic to demonstration), and the attributes.

Clarification

'Axioms' are unquestioned assumptions

Gist of Idea

All demonstration is concerned with existence, axioms and properties

Source

Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 76b12)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.15