Full Idea
Aristotle apparently believed that the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected the substance-accident nature of reality.
Gist of Idea
For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality
Source
report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4
Book Reference
O'Grady,Paul: 'Relativism' [Acumen 2002], p.133
A Reaction
We need not assume that Aristotle is wrong. It is a chicken-and-egg. There is something obvious about subject-predicate language, if one assumes that unified objects are part of nature, and not just conventional.
Related Idea
Idea 18896 Aristotle places terms at opposite ends, joined by a quantified copula [Aristotle, by Sommers]