If we sifted a “physical order” out of a body of water, extracts would become smaller and smaller, until the water would have only the minimum proportion. Then, extraction would be arrested, and the water might not contain the particular structure or entity anymore. Simple English Aristotle→
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Simple English Aristotle, Physics Book 1, Chapter 3
It is refutable, as of visible matter, for all modes of physical occurrence to gather into a non-dynamic One. Simple English Aristotle→
Simple English Aristotle, Physics Book 1, Chapter 2
First, we decide if we want to find (a) the one and only constitutive regularity, or we allow (b) more than one regularity as first principles. Simple English Aristotle→
Simple English Aristotle, Physics Book 1, Chapter 1
To have knowledge about our objects of thought, we study regularities about them. A regularity of natural and specific occurrence is a principle. Simple English Aristotle→