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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
A secondary substance is predicable of a subject, for both the name and the definition of a secondary substance can be literally predicated of an individual. For example, "human" can literally be predicated of Harry.
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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
For example, the characteristic of being human is essential to Harry. If he ceases to be human, he ceases to be Harry.
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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
That would be an accident, which is said to be present in or exist in a primary substance, that is, a subject. A primary substance exists in itself.
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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
Species, the defining class of a primary substance, is a secondary substance, though not the only secondary substance. For example, "human," or rational animal, is the species of Harry, but it is not the only secondary substance for him. Any defining class, such as body, is also a secondary substance. See p. 73
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A secondary substance for Aristotle is that which is:
{ 1 } - not predicable of a subject.
{ 2 } - an essential classification of a subject.
{ 3 } - present in a subject.
{ 4 } - not the species of a primary substance.
{ 5 } - changeable in a primary substance.
If the secondary substance of a primary substance changes, the primary substance no longer exists. For example, if Harry changes his secondary substance of being a living body, he is no longer Harry. Accidents, such as tallness, are changeable in a primary substance.
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