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things approximate to its application. This is also true of âelementâ or âcauseâ,
if one had both to specify the things of which it is predicable and to render the
definition of the word. For in a sense fire is an element (and doubtless also
âthe indefiniteâ or something else of the sort is by its own nature the element),
but in a sense it is not; for it is not the same thing to be fire and to be an
element, but while as a particular thing with a nature of its own fire is an
element, the name âelementâ means that it has this attribute, that there is
something which is made of it as a primary constituent. And so with âcauseâ
and âoneâ and all such terms. For this reason, too, âto be oneâ means âto be
indivisible, being essentially one means a âthisâ and capable of being isolated
either in place, or in form or thoughtâ; or perhaps âto be whole and
indivisibleâ; but it means especially âto be the first measure of a kindâ, and
most strictly of quantity; for it is from this that it has been extended to the
other categories. For measure is that by which quantity is known; and quantity
qua quantity is known either by a âoneâ or by a number, and all number is
known by a âoneâ. Therefore all quantity qua quantity is known by the one,
and that by which quantities are primarily known is the one itself; and so the
one is the starting-point of number qua number. And hence in the other
classes too âmeasureâ means that by which each is first known, and the
measure of each is a unit-in length, in breadth, in depth, in weight, in speed.
(The words âweightâ and âspeedâ are common to both contraries; for each of
them has two meanings-âweightâ means both that which has any amount of
gravity and that which has an excess of gravity, and âspeedâ both that which
has any amount of movement and that which has an excess of movement; for
even the slow has a certain speed and the comparatively light a certain
weight.)
In all these, then, the measure and starting-point is something one and
indivisible, since even in lines we treat as indivisible the line a foot long. For
everywhere we seek as the measure something one and indivisible; and this is
that which is simple either in quality or in quantity. Now where it is thought
impossible to take away or to add, there the measure is exact (hence that of
number is most exact; for we posit the unit as indivisible in every respect);
but in all other cases we imitate this sort of measure. For in the case of a
furlong or a talent or of anything comparatively large any addition or
subtraction might more easily escape our notice than in the case of something
smaller; so that the first thing from which, as far as our perception goes,
nothing can be subtracted, all men make the measure, whether of liquids or of
solids, whether of weight or of size; and they think they know the quantity
when they know it by means of this measure. And indeed they know
movement too by the simple movement and the quickest; for this occupies
least time. And so in astronomy a âoneâ of this sort is the starting-point and
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The Complete Aristotle
- Titel
- The Complete Aristotle
- Autor
- Aristotle
- Datum
- ~322 B.C.
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- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156