Full Idea
The Aristotelian schedule of categories - substance, quality, quantity, relation, action, passion, place, time, and so forth - appears to peter out inconsequentially.
Gist of Idea
The categories (substance, quality, quantity, relation, action, passion, place, time) peter out inconsequentially
Source
comment on Aristotle (Categories [c.331 BCE]) by José A. Benardete - Metaphysics: the logical approach Ch.7
Book Reference
Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.42
A Reaction
Compare Idea 5544 for Kant's attempt to classify categories. Personally I like the way Aristotle's 'peter out'. That seems to me a more plausible character for good metaphysics.
Related Idea
Idea 5544 Four groups of categories of concept: Quantity, Quality, Relation and Modality [Kant]