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  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。