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The Six Enneads
On the Kinds of Being- (1) (24)
There remains Situation, which like Possession is confined to a few instances such as reclining and sitting. Even so, the term is not used without qualification: we say "they are placed in such and such a manner," "he is situated in such and such a position." The position is added from outside the genus. In short, Situation signifies "being in a place"; there are two things involved, the position and the place: why then must two categories be combined into one? Moreover, if sitting signifies an Act, it must be classed among Acts; if a Passion, it goes under the category to which belong Passions complete and incomplete. Reclining is surely nothing but "lying up," and tallies with "lying down" and "lying midway." But if the reclining belongs thus to the category of Relation, why not the recliner also? For as "on the right" belongs to the Relations, so does "the thing on the right"; and similarly with "the thing on the left."
Christian Mysticism
Chapter VIII: The Method of Classifying Things and Names. (3)
Of things stated, some are stated without connection; as, for example, "man" and "runs," and whatever does not complete a sentence, which is either...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter VI: Definitions, Genera, and Species. (22)
For each of the species is either an essence; as when we say, Some substances are corporeal and some incorporeal; or how much, or what relation, or wh...
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