Aristotle - Categories

Wherein I begin the journey of reading through Aristotle, and attempting some sort of reasonable commentary on the work.

We open our commentary with Aristotle's Categories. This is a typical starting point for learning Aristotle, and we'll see why soon enough.

Reviewing Chapter 1 for a moment, and then moving on to chapter 2

Book 3 Prepares us for the subsequent categorization of properties and qualities found in a substance. So, we're nearly to the good parts!

At last, we get the category list

I summarise the ten essential facts about substance, and we discuss the fundamental concepts of primary and secondary substance.

The role of secondary substance in providing definition to primary substance

This is going to be a long one!

that which is explained with reference to something else

Continuing with Aristotle's Categories