Philosophy 3006F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substance Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 3006F/G
• Professor: J. Ponesse

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The fourfold division (of what exists) categories, ch. **see week of december 25 in planner for tree diagram** For aristotle, the most fundamental things for us are the things we can reach and see (primary substances: opposite of plato(cid:859)s theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of the fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s (cid:894)thi(cid:374)gs (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot tou(cid:272)h(cid:895) Primary substances = composites of form and matter: matter in the form of something (i. e. , a table, primary substances cannot be reduced into something simpler. Secondary substances = categories that lead to the primary substances (i. e. , cat/human/horse: secondary substances can be separated into further primary substances, ***anything of which there can be more than one*** Categories 2-(cid:1005)(cid:1004) a(cid:396)e thi(cid:374)gs that (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e said of (cid:858)su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:272)atego(cid:396)(cid:455) one) (cid:862) aid of(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)not said of(cid:863) & (cid:862)i(cid:374) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)(cid:374)ot i(cid:374) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (2) said of a subject. Not in a subject e. g. , man, horse, animal (cid:862) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)da(cid:396)(cid:455) su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863) (cid:894)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sals(cid:895) (1) not said of a subject.