Full Idea
What is prior is always potentially present in what is next in order … - for example, the triangle in the quadrilateral, or the nutritive part of animate things in the perceptual part.
Gist of Idea
What is prior is always potentially present in what is next in order
Source
Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 414a28)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'De Anima (on the psuche)', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.26
A Reaction
'Prior' seems to be a value for Aristotle, which is never present in modern discussions of ontological relations and structure. Priority tracks back to first principles.
Related Idea
Idea 12372 The essence of a triangle comes from the line, mentioned in any account of triangles [Aristotle]