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attributed to two subjects, then if the one which is more usually thought to
belong to the one subject does not belong, neither does the remaining
predicate belong to the remaining subject; or, if the one which is less usually
thought to belong to the one subject does belong, so too does the remaining
predicate to the remaining subject.
Moreover, you can argue from the fact that an attribute belongs, or is
generally supposed to belong, in a like degree, in three ways, viz. those
described in the last three rules given in regard to a greater degree.’ For
supposing that one predicate belongs, or is supposed to belong, to two
subjects in a like degree, then if it does not belong to the one, neither does it
belong to the other; while if it belongs to the one, it belongs to the remaining
one as well. Or, supposing two predicates to belong in a like degree to the
same subject, then, if the one does not belong, neither does the remaining one;
while if the one does belong, the remaining one belongs as well. The case is
the same also if two predicates belong in a like degree to two subjects; for if
the one predicate does not belong to the one subject, neither does the
remaining predicate belong to the remaining subject, while if the one
predicate does belong to the one subject, the remaining predicate belongs to
the remaining subject as well.
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You can argue, then, from greater or less or like degrees of truth in the
aforesaid number of ways. Moreover, you should argue from the addition of
one thing to another. If the addition of one thing to another makes that other
good or white, whereas formerly it was not white or good, then the thing
added will be white or good-it will possess the character it imparts to the
whole as well. Moreover, if an addition of something to a given object
intensifies the character which it had as given, then the thing added will itself
as well be of that character. Likewise, also, in the case of other attributes. The
rule is not applicable in all cases, but only in those in which the excess
described as an ‘increased intensity’ is found to take place. The above rule is,
however, not convertible for overthrowing a view. For if the thing added does
not make the other good, it is not thereby made clear whether in itself it may
not be good: for the addition of good to evil does not necessarily make the
whole good, any more than the addition of white to black makes the whole
white.
Again, any predicate of which we can speak of greater or less degrees
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Table of contents
- 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