In this reading Aristotle “categorizes” reality. Here is an example sentence with the pertinent categories in parentheses: The shy (quality), five-foot-two (quantity) girl (substance) reclined (position) beside her sister (relation) in her backyard (place) that afternoon (time), pleased (affection) with the strawberries she ate (action), but bored (state). (
Aristotle – Study questions for “Categories”
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1. In this reading Aristotle “categorizes” reality. Here is an example sentence with the pertinent categories in parentheses: The shy (quality), five-foot-two (quantity) girl (substance) reclined (position) beside her sister (relation) in her backyard (place) that afternoon (time), pleased (affection) with the strawberries she ate (action), but bored (state). (at – http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-aristotles-categories.htm).
2. How are men and oxen the same?
3. What is a combination?
4. What does Aristotle mean by “substance?”