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11154 | Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa [Aristotle] |
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. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1019a04) | |
A reaction: Fine quotes this, in expounding Aristotle's account of essence. |