The Works of Aristotle, Volume I

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“The most distinctive mark of substance appears to be that, while remaining numerically one and the same, it is capable of admitting contrary qualities.” (Page 8)

“Things are said to be named ‘equivocally’ when, though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each.” (Page 5)

“No one of these terms, in and by itself, involves [5] an affirmation; it is by the combination of such terms that positive or negative statements arise. For every assertion must, as is admitted, be either true or false, whereas expressions which are not in any way composite, [10] such as ‘man’, ‘white’, ‘runs’, ‘wins’, cannot be either true or false.” (Page 6)

“Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience [5] and written words are the symbols of spoken words.” (Page 25)

“Those things are called relative, which, being either said to be of something else or related to something else, are explained by reference to that other thing.” (Page 11)