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Single Idea 1694

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance]

Full Idea

There is nothing contrary to substances,…. and a substance does not admit of a more and a less. If this substance is a man, it will not be more a man or less a man either than itself or than another man.

Gist of Idea

Substances have no opposites, and don't come in degrees (including if the substance is a man)

Source

Aristotle (Categories [c.331 BCE], 03b33)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Categories and De Interpretatione', ed/tr. Ackrill,J.R. [OUP 1963], p.10