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| 16661 | There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things |
| Full Idea: Is it not now clear what the difference is between items in the categories? Some serve to refer to a thing, whereas others serve to refer to the circumstances of a thing. | |||
| From: Boethius (Concerning the Trinity [c.518], Ch. 4), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 12.5 | |||
| A reaction: A helpful observation. If we give a list of categories, they fall into different families, which can thereby overlap, and hence fail to fully and neatly cut nature at the joints. |