Single Idea 11040

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

Full Idea

It seems distinctive of substance that what is numerically one and the same is able to receive contraries. ...For example, an individual man - one and the same - becomes pale at one time and dark at another.

Gist of Idea

A single substance can receive contrary properties

Source

Aristotle (Categories [c.331 BCE], 04a10/20)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Categories and De Interpretatione', ed/tr. Ackrill,J.R. [OUP 1963], p.11