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book350 BCE

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Disciplines:
logic
metaphysics

Summary

Aristotle's classification of the ten basic ways in which things can be said to be — substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, action, passion.

Core Contribution

Provides the fundamental ontological classification for Western philosophy; the distinction between primary substance (individual) and secondary substance (species/genus) grounds the metaphysics of natural kinds.

Historical Influences

Aristotle

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Allied Works

Metaphysics Prior Analytics On Interpretation

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