Ideas from 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' by Michael V. Wedin [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' by Wedin,Michael V. [OUP 2000,0-19-925308-0]].

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category
                        Full Idea: A 'categorial' property is a property something has by virtue of being or having an item from one of the categories.
                        From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], V.5)
                        A reaction: I deny that these are 'properties'. A thing is categorised according to its properties. To denote the category as a further property is the route to madness (well, to a regress).
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
Substance is a principle and a kind of cause
                        Full Idea: Substance [ousia] is a principle [arché] and a kind of cause [aitia].
                        From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], 1041a09)
                        A reaction: The fact that substance is a cause is also the reason why substance is the ultimate explanation. It is here that I take the word 'power' to capture best what Aristotle has in mind.
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock
                        Full Idea: The form of a thing (of a given kind) explains why certain matter constitutes a thing of that kind, and with this, Aristotle holds, we have reached explanatory bedrock.
                        From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], Intro)
                        A reaction: We must explain an individual tiger which is unusually docile. It must have an individual form which makes it a tiger, but also an individual form which makes it docile.