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Further, must we suppose something apart from individual things,
or is it these that the science we are seeking treats of? |
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Further, if there is a substance or principle of such a nature as
that which we are now seeking, and if this is one for all things,
and the same for eternal and for perishable things, it is hard to
say why in the world, if there is the same principle, some of the
things that fall under the principle are eternal, and others are not
eternal; |
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If on the other hand we are to set up what are thought to be the
most unchangeable principles, being and unity, firstly, if each of
these does not indicate a 'this' or substance, how will they be separable
and independent? |
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A further difficulty is raised by the fact that all knowledge is
of universals and of the 'such', but substance is not a universal,
but is rather a 'this' - a separable thing, so that if there is knowledge
about the first principles, the question arises, how are we to suppose
the first principle to be substance? |
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Further, is there anything apart from the concrete thing (by which
I mean the matter and that which is joined with it), or not? |
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Further, are the principles the same in kind or in number? |
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