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Quotation from Categories by Aristotle
“Expressions which are in no way composite signify substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, action, or affection”
Categories, Part 4, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928)
The opening sentence of the chapter that gives the full list of ten categories, followed by everyday examples such as 'in the Lyceum' and 'to be cauterized'.
Citation: "Expressions which are in no way composite signify substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, action, or affection" — Aristotle, Categories, Part 4, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928). (id aristotle-categories-q1)
