Full Idea
Some things are called things that are because they are substances, other things are called things that are because they are affections of a substance.
Gist of Idea
Some things exist as substances, others as properties of substances
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1003b07)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.81
A Reaction
Plato would be happy to call the 'affections' things that are, but Aristotle should be less confident. Later nominalists say there are just the substances.