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Quotation from Categories by Aristotle
“That temper with which a man is born and which has its origin in certain deep-seated affections is called a quality”
Categories, Part 8, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928)
The step from bodily to psychic qualities: inborn conditions such as insanity and irascibility count as qualities, while passing irritation counts only as an affection.
Citation: "That temper with which a man is born and which has its origin in certain deep-seated affections is called a quality" — Aristotle, Categories, Part 8, trans. E. M. Edghill (1928). (id aristotle-categories-q9)
