Quality (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Francis Aveling · 1913
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Description
Quality, in philosophy, is treated here in its strict sense. Loosely, the word covers whatever can be attributed to a subject of discourse. Strictly, it is one of Aristotle's categories, set apart from the other nine he lists. The eighth chapter of the Categories handles it, while the sixth chapter opens by defining it as that on account of which we say a thing is such or such.
Quality is thus the accidental form that fixes a subject in a special mode of being. It answers the question, of what sort is the thing, as Saint Thomas Aquinas notes, and it pairs with the term talis, of such a sort. Aristotle, Saint Thomas, Lorenzelli, Mercier and Nys supply the entry's sources. Readers meeting the categories for the first time find here a short, technical account of how philosophy sorts the ways a thing can be described.
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| CREATOR | Francis Aveling |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |