Aristotle's Theory of Substance: Difference between revisions

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| Human Animal Mammal ...
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| There is a human; there is an animal. <br>We are talking about one substance (instance) in a variety of different ways.<br>These (e.g., the species he belongs, the genos he belongs etc.) secondary substances exist at  higher level of abstraction.
| There is a human; there is an animal. <br>The distinction is between an instance (i.e., an individual) in the kind of groups that it belongs.<br>We are talking about one substance (instance) in a variety of different ways.<br>These (e.g., the species he belongs, the genos he belongs etc.) secondary substances exist at  higher level of abstraction.
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