...individual type, eg white man is not an individual type, since 5 individuality belongs only to substances.4 Therefore there is an essence only of those things...whatever, so that even the Iliad would be a definition s), but where there is a formula of something primary; and primary things are those which do not 10...

...individual type, eg white man is not an individual type, since individuality belongs only to substances. Therefore there is an essence only of those things...whatever, so that even the Iliad would be a definition), but where there is a formula of something primary; and primary things are those which do not imply...

...a syllable, and that is its substance "which is not an element but a principle." Cf. ibid. 1030a6: "There is an essence only of those things whose formula is a definition. But we have a definition . . . where there is a formula of something primary; and primary things are those which do not imply...

...(Met. 24 1030al8), but categorically denies that an account of the meaning of a word is a definition: We have a definition not where we have a word and a formula identical in meaning (for then all formulae would be definitions; for there will be some name for formula whatever, so that even...

...that the logos or definition expresses the essence of a thing is clear at 1030a5-6, where he says, "(t)herefore there is an essence only of those things whose formula is a definition" (cf. 101 7b2 1 ). The sense of essence that is expressed by the logos is sometimes a universal and...

...a "this" is, eg, pale man is not what a "this" is since being a "this" belongs only to substances. Therefore there is an essence only of those things...identical in meaning (for in that case all formulae would be definitions; for there will be some name for any formula whatever, so that even the Iliad...

..."Therefore there is an essence only of those things whose formula (Xo-yo;) is a definition (opuruxk;). For we have a definition not where we have a word and a formula identical in meaning . . . but where there is a formula of something primary; and primary things are those which do not...

...'this' is; eg white man is not precisely what some 'this' is, since thisness belongs only to substances. Therefore there is an essence only of those things...we have a word and a formula identical in meaning 1for in that case all formulae or sets of words would be definitions; for there will be some name for...

...distinguishes a definition from a name's signification in answering the question of what a substance is. But we have a definition not where we have a word...identical in meaning (for in that case all formulae would be definitions; for there will be some name for formula whatever, so that even the Iliad would...

...therefore, that there can be no definition, and consequently no science, of accidents or events: '2 Therefore there is an essence only of those things whose formula is a definition. . . . Nothing, then, which is not a species of a genus will have an essence — only species will have...