possible,butthethoughtisnotrelativeto’thatofwhichitis
thethought’;forweshouldthenhavesaidthesamethingtwice。
Similarlysightisthesightofsomething,not’ofthatofwhichitis
thesight’thoughofcourseitistruetosaythis;infactitis
relativetocolourortosomethingelseofthesort。Butaccording
totheotherwayofspeakingthesamethingwouldbesaid
twice,-’thesightisofthatofwhichitis。’
Thingsthatarebytheirownnaturecalledrelativearecalled
sosometimesinthesesenses,sometimesiftheclassesthatinclude
themareofthissort;e。g。medicineisarelativetermbecauseits
genus,science,isthoughttobearelativeterm。Further,thereare
thepropertiesinvirtueofwhichthethingsthathavethemarecalled
relative,e。g。equalityisrelativebecausetheequalis,andlikeness
becausethelikeis。Otherthingsarerelativebyaccident;e。g。aman
isrelativebecausehehappenstobedoubleofsomethinganddoubleis
arelativeterm;orthewhiteisrelative,ifthesamethinghappens
tobedoubleandwhite。
Whatiscalled’complete’is1thatoutsidewhichitisnot
possibletofindany,evenone,ofitsparts;e。g。thecompletetime
ofeachthingisthatoutsidewhichitisnotpossibletofindany
timewhichisapartpropertoit-2Thatwhichinrespectof
excellenceandgoodnesscannotbeexcelledinitskind;e。g。wehavea
completedoctororacompleteflute-player,whentheylacknothing
inrespectoftheformoftheirproperexcellence。Andthus,
transferringthewordtobadthings,wespeakofacomplete
scandal-mongerandacompletethief;indeedweevencallthemgood,
i。e。agoodthiefandagoodscandal-monger。Andexcellenceisa
completion;foreachthingiscompleteandeverysubstanceis
complete,wheninrespectoftheformofitsproperexcellenceit
lacksnopartofitsnaturalmagnitude-3Thethingswhichhave
attainedtheirend,thisbeinggood,arecalledcomplete;forthings
arecompleteinvirtueofhavingattainedtheirend。Therefore,
sincetheendissomethingultimate,wetransferthewordtobad
thingsandsayathinghasbeencompletelyspoilt,andcompletely
destroyed,whenitinnowisefallsshortofdestructionand
badness,butisatitslastpoint。Thisiswhydeath,too,isbya
figureofspeechcalledtheend,becausebotharelastthings。Butthe
ultimatepurposeisalsoanend-Things,then,thatarecalled
completeinvirtueoftheirownnaturearesocalledinallthese
senses,somebecauseinrespectofgoodnesstheylacknothingand
cannotbeexcelledandnopartpropertothemcanbefoundoutside
them,othersingeneralbecausetheycannotbeexceededintheir
severalclassesandnopartpropertothemisoutsidethem;theothers
presupposethesefirsttwokinds,andarecalledcompletebecausethey
eithermakeorhavesomethingofthesortorareadaptedtoitorin
somewayorotherinvolveareferencetothethingsthatarecalled
completeintheprimarysense。
’Limit’means1thelastpointofeachthing,i。e。thefirst
pointbeyondwhichitisnotpossibletofindanypart,andthe
firstpointwithinwhicheverypartis;2theform,whateverit
maybe,ofaspatialmagnitudeorofathingthathasmagnitude;3
theendofeachthingandofthisnatureisthattowardswhichthe
movementandtheactionare,notthatfromwhichtheyare-though
sometimesitisboth,thatfromwhichandthattowhichthemovement
is,i。e。thefinalcause;4thesubstanceofeachthing,andthe
essenceofeach;forthisisthelimitofknowledge;andifof
knowledge,oftheobjectalso。Evidently,therefore,’limit’hasas
manysensesas’beginning’,andyetmore;forthebeginningisa
limit,butnoteverylimitisabeginning。
’Thatinvirtueofwhich’hasseveralmeanings:-1theformor
substanceofeachthing,e。g。thatinvirtueofwhichamanisgoodis
thegooditself,2theproximatesubjectinwhichitisthenature
ofanattributetobefound,e。g。colourinasurface。’Thatinvirtue
ofwhich’,then,intheprimarysenseistheform,andina
secondarysensethematterofeachthingandtheproximate
substratumofeach-Ingeneral’thatinvirtueofwhich’willfoundin
thesamenumberofsensesas’cause’;forwesayindifferently3
invirtueofwhathashecome?’or’forwhatendhashecome?’;and
4invirtueofwhathasheinferredwrongly,orinferred?’or
’whatisthecauseoftheinference,orofthewrong
inference?’-Further5Kath’disusedinreferencetoposition,e。g。
’atwhichhestands’or’alongwhichhewalks;forallsuchphrases
indicateplaceandposition。
Therefore’invirtueofitself’mustlikewisehaveseveral
meanings。Thefollowingbelongtoathinginvirtueofitself:-1the
essenceofeachthing,e。g。CalliasisinvirtueofhimselfCallias
andwhatitwastobeCallias;-2whateverispresentinthe
’what’,e。g。Calliasisinvirtueofhimselfananimal。For’animal’
ispresentinhisdefinition;Calliasisaparticularanimal-3
Whateverattributeathingreceivesinitselfdirectlyorinoneof
itsparts;e。g。asurfaceiswhiteinvirtueofitself,andamanis
aliveinvirtueofhimself;forthesoul,inwhichlifedirectly
resides,isapartoftheman-4Thatwhichhasnocauseother
thanitself;manhasmorethanonecause——animal,two-footed——but
yetmanismaninvirtueofhimself-5Whateverattributesbelongto
athingalone,andinsofarastheybelongtoitmerelybyvirtue
ofitselfconsideredapartbyitself。
’Disposition’meansthearrangementofthatwhichhasparts,in
respecteitherofplaceorofpotencyorofkind;fortheremustbe
acertainposition,aseventheword’disposition’shows。
’Having’means1akindofactivityofthehaverandofwhat
hehas-somethinglikeanactionormovement。Forwhenonething
makesandoneismade,betweenthemthereisamaking;sotoo
betweenhimwhohasagarmentandthegarmentwhichhehasthereis
ahaving。Thissortofhaving,then,evidentlywecannothave;forthe
processwillgoontoinfinity,ifitistobepossibletohavethe
havingofwhatwehave-2’Having’or’habit’meansadisposition
accordingtowhichthatwhichisdisposediseitherwellorill
disposed,andeitherinitselforwithreferencetosomethingelse;
e。g。healthisa’habit’;foritissuchadisposition-3Wespeak
ofa’habit’ifthereisaportionofsuchadisposition;andso
eventheexcellenceofthepartsisa’habit’ofthewholething。
’Affection’means1aqualityinrespectofwhichathingcanbe
altered,e。g。whiteandblack,sweetandbitter,heavinessand
lightness,andallothersofthekind-2Theactualizationof
these-thealreadyaccomplishedalterations-3Especially,
injuriousalterationsandmovements,and,aboveallpainful
injuries-4Misfortunesandpainfulexperienceswhenonalarge
scalearecalledaffections。
Wespeakof’privation’1ifsomethinghasnotoneofthe
attributeswhichathingmightnaturallyhave,evenifthisthing
itselfwouldnotnaturallyhaveit;e。g。aplantissaidtobe
’deprived’ofeyes-2If,thougheitherthethingitselforits
genuswouldnaturallyhaveanattribute,ithasitnot;e。g。ablind
manandamoleareindifferentsenses’deprived’ofsight;thelatter
incontrastwithitsgenus,theformerincontrastwithhisownnormal
nature-3If,thoughitwouldnaturallyhavetheattribute,andwhen
itwouldnaturallyhaveit,ithasitnot;forblindnessisa
privation,butoneisnot’blind’atanyandeveryage,butonlyif
onehasnotsightattheageatwhichonewouldnaturallyhaveit。
Similarlyathingiscalledblindifithasnotsightinthemediumin
which,andinrespectoftheorganinrespectofwhich,andwith
referencetotheobjectwithreferencetowhich,andinthe
circumstancesinwhich,itwouldnaturallyhaveit-4Theviolent
takingawayofanythingiscalledprivation。
Indeedtherearejustasmanykindsofprivationsasthereare
ofwordswithnegativeprefixes;forathingiscalledunequalbecause
ithasnotequalitythoughitwouldnaturallyhaveit,andinvisible
eitherbecauseithasnocolouratallorbecauseithasapoor
colour,andapodouseitherbecauseithasnofeetatallorbecauseit
hasimperfectfeet。Again,aprivativetermmaybeusedbecausethe
thinghaslittleoftheattributeandthismeanshavingitinasense
imperfectly,e。g。’kernel-less’;orbecauseithasitnoteasilyor
notwelle。g。wecallathinguncuttablenotonlyifitcannotbecut
butalsoifitcannotbecuteasilyorwell;orbecauseithasnot
theattributeatall;foritisnottheone-eyedmanbuthewhois
sightlessinbotheyesthatiscalledblind。Thisiswhynoteveryman
is’good’or’bad’,’just’or’unjust’,butthereisalsoan
intermediatestate。
To’have’or’hold’meansmanythings:-1totreatathing
accordingtoone’sownnatureoraccordingtoone’sownimpulse;so
thatfeverissaidtohaveaman,andtyrantstohavetheircities,
andpeopletohavetheclothestheywear-2Thatinwhichathingis
presentasinsomethingreceptiveofitissaidtohavethething;
e。g。thebronzehastheformofthestatue,andthebodyhasthe
disease-3Asthatwhichcontainsholdsthethingscontained;for
athingissaidtobeheldbythatinwhichitisasinacontainer;
e。g。wesaythatthevesselholdstheliquidandthecityholdsmen
andtheshipsailors;andsotoothatthewholeholdstheparts-4
Thatwhichhindersathingfrommovingoractingaccordingtoits
ownimpulseissaidtoholdit,aspillarsholdtheincumbentweights,
andasthepoetsmakeAtlasholdtheheavens,implyingthat
otherwisetheywouldcollapseontheearth,assomeofthenatural
philosophersalsosay。Inthiswayalsothatwhichholdsthings
togetherissaidtoholdthethingsitholdstogether,sincethey
wouldotherwiseseparate,eachaccordingtoitsownimpulse。
’Beinginsomething’hassimilarandcorrespondingmeaningsto
’holding’or’having’。
’Tocomefromsomething’means1tocomefromsomethingas
frommatter,andthisintwosenses,eitherinrespectofthe
highestgenusorinrespectofthelowestspecies;e。g。inasenseall
thingsthatcanbemeltedcomefromwater,butinasensethestatue
comesfrombronze-2Asfromthefirstmovingprinciple;e。g。
’whatdidthefightcomefrom?’Fromabusivelanguage,becausethis
wastheoriginofthefight-3Fromthecompoundofmatterand
shape,asthepartscomefromthewhole,andtheversefromtheIliad,
andthestonesfromthehouse;ineverysuchcasethewholeisa
compoundofmatterandshape,fortheshapeistheend,andonlythat
whichattainsanendiscomplete-4Astheformfromitspart,
e。g。manfrom’two-footed’andsyllablefrom’letter’;forthisisa
differentsensefromthatinwhichthestatuecomesfrombronze;for
thecompositesubstancecomesfromthesensiblematter,buttheform
alsocomesfromthematteroftheform-Somethings,then,aresaidto
comefromsomethingelseinthesesenses;but5othersareso
describedifoneofthesesensesisapplicabletoapartofthatother
thing;e。g。thechildcomesfromitsfatherandmother,andplants
comefromtheearth,becausetheycomefromapartofthose
things-6Itmeanscomingafterathingintime,e。g。nightcomes
fromdayandstormfromfineweather,becausetheonecomesafter
theother。Ofthesethingssomearesodescribedbecausetheyadmitof
changeintooneanother,asinthecasesnowmentioned;somemerely
becausetheyaresuccessiveintime,e。g。thevoyagetookplace’from’
theequinox,becauseittookplaceaftertheequinox,andthefestival
oftheThargeliacomes’from’theDionysia,becauseafterthe
Dionysia。
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