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  1   I, 1 |                      1~ALL men by nature desire to know. An indication
  2   I, 1 |    differences between things.~By nature animals are born with the
  3  II, 1 |          something true about the nature of things, and while individually
  4  II, 1 |           the things which are by nature most evident of all.~It
  5  II, 3 |           presumably the whole of nature has matter. Hence we must
  6  II, 3 |           must inquire first what nature is: for thus we shall also
  7 III, 2 |        principle of change or the nature of the good exist for unchangeable
  8 III, 2 |          in itself and by its own nature is good is an end, and a
  9 III, 2 |         and of the good is of the nature of Wisdom (for the other
 10 III, 2 |          substance must be of the nature of Wisdom. For since men
 11 III, 2 |         quality or what it can by nature do or have done to it. And
 12 III, 2 |    different, which of them is by nature more authoritative and prior?
 13 III, 2 |       geometrical points the same nature as the actual stars.-Now
 14 III, 3 |         if we want to examine the nature of anything else, we examine
 15 III, 3 |    together, and then we know its nature.~To judge from these arguments,
 16 III, 3 | universals are always more of the nature of principles, evidently
 17 III, 3 |      intermediate kinds, in whose nature the differentiae are included,
 18 III, 3 |           if unity is more of the nature of a principle, and the
 19 III, 3 |        supposed to be more of the nature of principles; so that the
 20 III, 4 |          some of them, eternal in nature, while others perish. Since
 21 III, 4 |      except that things are so by nature.~But when strife at last
 22 III, 4 |        have some other underlying nature. For some people think they
 23 III, 4 |          else, but this was their nature, their essence being just
 24 III, 6 |      principles there must be the nature of individuals, they will
 25  IV, 1 |         this in virtue of its own nature. Now this is not the same
 26  IV, 1 |       belong in virtue of its own nature. If then those who sought
 27  IV, 2 |         are related to one common nature; for even these in a sense
 28  IV, 2 |        similarly is from its very nature something that is:-all this
 29  IV, 2 |       also employed an underlying nature of which the privation is
 30  IV, 2 |     differs from dialectic in the nature of the faculty required
 31  IV, 3 |      inquiring about the whole of nature and about being. But since
 32  IV, 3 |          natural philosopher (for nature is only one particular genus
 33  IV, 3 |           him who is studying the nature of all substance, to inquire
 34  IV, 4 |         others many writers about nature use this language. But we
 35  IV, 4 |           mean by saying that the nature of existing things is of
 36  IV, 4 |          already be of a definite nature, and this will be true,
 37  IV, 4 |          a more and a less in the nature of things; for we should
 38  IV, 5 |       says that:—~So far as their nature changed, so far to them
 39  IV, 5 |      there is largely present the nature of the indeterminate-of
 40  IV, 5 |        saw that all this world of nature is in movement and that
 41  IV, 5 |          there is something whose nature is changeless. Indeed, those
 42  IV, 5 |           subjects.~Regarding the nature of truth, we must maintain
 43  IV, 5 |         and colours are of such a nature, as they appear to people
 44  IV, 5 |      necessity of such and such a nature. Yet all these views destroy
 45  IV, 5 |           which moves is prior in nature to that which is moved,
 46  IV, 6 |        privation of the essential nature; and privation is the denial
 47   V, 1 |         other part, to be of this nature. (4) That from which, not
 48   V, 1 |     others are outside. Hence the nature of a thing is a beginning,
 49   V, 3 |           one middle, are of this nature.~(2) People also transfer
 50   V, 4 |                                4~"Nature" means (1) the genesis of
 51   V, 4 |       though not of quality.-(4) "Nature" means the primary material
 52   V, 4 |          bronze is said to be the nature of a statue and of bronze
 53   V, 4 |     bronze utensils, and wood the nature of wooden things; and so
 54   V, 4 |        natural objects also their nature, some naming fire, others
 55   V, 4 |          others all of them.-(5) "Nature" means the essence of natural
 56   V, 4 |         as with those who say the nature is the primary mode of composition,
 57   V, 4 |             Nothing that is has a nature,~But only mixing and parting
 58   V, 4 |         parting of the mixed,~And nature is but a name given them
 59   V, 4 |         that are or come to be by nature, though that from which
 60   V, 4 |           say they have not their nature yet, unless they have their
 61   V, 4 |           both of these exists by nature, e.g. the animals and their
 62   V, 4 |          only is the first matter nature (and this in two senses,
 63   V, 4 |       meaning from this sense of "nature" every essence in general
 64   V, 4 |          has come to be called a "nature", because the nature of
 65   V, 4 |           a "nature", because the nature of a thing is one kind of
 66   V, 4 |            then, it is plain that nature in the primary and strict
 67   V, 4 |          the matter is called the nature because it is qualified
 68   V, 4 |   becoming and growing are called nature because they are movements
 69   V, 4 |         proceeding from this. And nature in this sense is the source
 70   V, 5 |       compulsory or against their nature attaches to them.~
 71   V, 6 |           which is one by its own nature. (1) Instances of the accidentally
 72   V, 6 |        one in virtue of their own nature some (a) are so called because
 73   V, 6 |     themselves, the continuous by nature are more one than the continuous
 74   V, 6 |   continuous which has by its own nature one movement and cannot
 75   V, 6 |           continuous by their own nature which are one not merely
 76   V, 7 |           sense, (2) by their own nature.~(1) In an accidental sense,
 77   V, 8 |     thought by some to be of this nature; for if it is destroyed,
 78   V, 8 |        also separable and of this nature is the shape or form of
 79   V, 9 |     things in virtue of their own nature, but accidents do not belong
 80   V, 9 |       them in virtue of their own nature); but of the individuals
 81   V, 9 |         are the same by their own nature, in as many senses as that
 82   V, 9 |           which is one by its own nature is so; for both the things
 83   V, 11|          either absolutely and by nature, or by reference to something
 84   V, 11|          some place determined by nature (e.g. the middle or the
 85   V, 11|          others (4) in respect of nature and substance, i.e. those
 86   V, 13|         parts of which each is by nature a "one" and a "this". A
 87   V, 13|     quanta in virtue of their own nature, others incidentally; e.g.
 88   V, 13|           is a quantum by its own nature, the musical is one incidentally.
 89   V, 13|           are quanta by their own nature some are so as substances,
 90   V, 13|           other, are by their own nature attributes of what is quantitative;
 91   V, 15|           essence includes in its nature a reference to something
 92   V, 15|      Things that are by their own nature called relative are called
 93   V, 16|   complete in virtue of their own nature are so called in all these
 94   V, 17|           each thing (and of this nature is that towards which the
 95   V, 18|        subject in which it is the nature of an attribute to be found,
 96   V, 22|      contrast with his own normal nature.-(3) If, though it would
 97   V, 23|      thing according to one’s own nature or according to one’s own
 98   V, 26| themselves, those which are so by nature are wholes in a higher degree
 99   V, 26|        These are the things whose nature remains the same after transposition,
100   V, 29|     things which exist, but whose nature it is to appear either not
101   V, 30|           virtue of the subject’s nature, however, but of something
102  VI, 1 |    analogous to the snub in their nature; e.g. nose, eye, face, flesh,
103  VI, 1 |         belongs to the student of nature to study even soul in a
104  VI, 1 |         those which are formed by nature, natural science will be
105  VI, 2 |          the accidental, what its nature is and from what cause it
106  VI, 2 |       accident, because it is the nature not of the builder but of
107  VI, 4 |       sufficiently determined its nature. But since that which is
108 VII, 2 |         and numbers have the same nature, and the other things come
109 VII, 2 |          we must first sketch the nature of substance.~
110 VII, 3 |          must first determine the nature of this; for that which
111 VII, 3 |       matter is said to be of the nature of substratum, in another,
112 VII, 3 |          We have now outlined the nature of substance, showing that
113 VII, 3 |           it is posterior and its nature is obvious. And matter also
114 VII, 3 |         which is less knowable by nature to that which is more knowable;
115 VII, 3 |          make what is knowable by nature knowable to oneself. Now
116 VII, 4 |          you are not by your very nature musical. What, then, you
117 VII, 4 |        then, you are by your very nature is your essence.~Nor yet
118 VII, 5 |    snubness, but in virtue of its nature; nor do they attach to it
119 VII, 7 |         to be, some come to be by nature, some by art, some spontaneously.
120 VII, 7 |        things which come to be by nature; and that out of which they
121 VII, 7 |         things produced either by nature or by art have matter; for
122 VII, 7 |        which they are produced is nature, and the type according
123 VII, 7 |        which they are produced is nature (for that which is produced,
124 VII, 7 |         plant or an animal, has a nature), and so is that by which
125 VII, 7 |   produced—the so-called "formal" nature, which is specifically the
126 VII, 8 |          else either by art or by nature or by some faculty. But
127 VII, 8 |     something happens contrary to nature, e.g. the production of
128 VII, 9 |           and some is not of this nature, and of the former kind
129 VII, 9 |        Things which are formed by nature are in the same case as
130 VII, 10|        the parts which are of the nature of matter, and into which
131 VII, 10|        but those which are of the nature of parts of the formula,
132 VII, 11|          sort of parts are of the nature of matter and what sort
133 VII, 11|           trying to determine the nature of perceptible substances
134 VII, 11|           things which are of the nature of matter, or of wholes
135 VII, 12|          attempt at stating their nature.~
136 VII, 15|    because they have matter whose nature is such that they are capable
137 VII, 16|         are one and continuous by nature,-not by force or by growing
138 VII, 17|         animal of such and such a nature. This, then, is plain, that
139 VII, 17|       formed in accordance with a nature of their own and by a process
140 VII, 17|           own and by a process of nature, their substance would seem
141 VII, 17|          seem to be this kind of "nature", which is not an element
142 VIII, 3|           which are not formed by nature, are substances at all;
143 VIII, 3|        for one might say that the nature in natural objects is the
144 VIII, 3|        and number also is of this nature. And (2) as, when one of
145 VIII, 3|   complete reality and a definite nature. And (4) as number does
146 VIII, 4|       those things which exist by nature but are not substances;
147 VIII, 5|  corruption of it contrary to its nature. It is also hard to say
148 VIII, 6|       perceptible, each is by its nature essentially a kind of unity,
149 VIII, 6|       each of them is by its very nature a kind of unity as it is
150 VIII, 6|         being; for each is by its nature a kind of being and a kind
151  IX, 2 |        one in virtue of their own nature and with the other not in
152  IX, 2 |      other not in virtue of their nature; for the rational formula
153  IX, 2 |           virtue of that object’s nature, and to the other, in a
154  IX, 5 |       those which are not of this nature and which imply passivity.~
155  IX, 6 |     ascribe potency to that whose nature it is to move something
156  IX, 8 |          movement or of rest. For nature also is in the same genus
157  IX, 8 |      exhibited the pupil at work, nature does likewise. For if this
158  IX, 8 |         these will be more of the nature of actualities, while science-itself
159  IX, 9 |     things; for the bad is in its nature posterior to the potency.
160  IX, 10|       they are of such and such a nature or not.~(b) As regards the "
161   X, 1 |         directly and of their own nature and not accidentally called
162   X, 1 |       that which is continuous by nature and not by contact nor by
163   X, 1 |          thing is of this sort by nature, and not by force like the
164   X, 1 |       evidently if a thing has by nature a principle of movement
165   X, 1 |         of the sort is by its own nature the element), but in a sense
166   X, 1 |           particular thing with a nature of its own fire is an element,
167   X, 2 |       regard to the substance and nature of the one we must ask in
168   X, 2 |         is, rather, an underlying nature and the one should be described
169   X, 2 |        not enough to say that its nature is just to be one or existent.
170   X, 2 |      thing, and in no case is its nature just this, unity, is evident;
171   X, 3 |   existent and one is by its very nature either one or not one with
172   X, 4 |       that which, being of such a nature as to have it, has it not;
173   X, 5 |        things which are of such a nature as to have these attributes.~
174   X, 6 |           are not from their very nature relatives. We have distinguished
175   X, 7 |      place in virtue of their own nature (so that an intermediate
176   X, 8 |          not only must the common nature attach to the different
177   X, 8 |     humanity), and so this common nature is specifically different
178   X, 8 |           be in virtue of its own nature one sort of animal, and
179   X, 8 |           an element in a thing’s nature), nor is it so with reference
180   X, 9 |       animal in virtue of its own nature, and not as paleness or
181  XI, 1 |      final cause (for that is the nature of the good, and this is
182  XI, 1 |       first mover-for that is the nature of the end-but in the case
183  XI, 1 |    principles because they are by nature; for if they perish all
184  XI, 2 |  substance or principle of such a nature as that which we are now
185  XI, 6 |           appear to be now of one nature and again of another, but
186  XI, 6 |        and this is of determinate nature, though quantity is of indeterminate.~
187  XI, 6 |      there were no fixed constant nature in sensible things, but
188  XI, 7 |             There is a science of nature, and evidently it must be
189  XI, 7 |      there is a substance of this nature (I mean separable and unmovable),
190  XI, 8 |          in events that happen by nature or as the result of thought.
191  XI, 8 |          cause, either by its own nature or by accident. Luck is
192  XI, 8 |     material universe, reason and nature are causes before it.~
193  XI, 10|   traversed because it is not its nature to be traversed (this corresponds
194  XI, 11|     something which is by its own nature moved directly, and this
195  XI, 12|     slowly, or that which is of a nature to be moved and can be moved
196  XI, 12|     continuously according to its nature, naturally arrives before
197 XII, 1 |         if the universe is of the nature of a whole, substance is
198 XII, 1 | substances, owing to the abstract nature of their inquiry); but the
199 XII, 3 |         being either by art or by nature or by luck or by spontaneity.
200 XII, 3 |       other than the thing moved, nature is a principle in the thing
201 XII, 3 |        full sense substance); the nature, which is a "this" or positive
202 XII, 6 |         thing moves in one way by nature, and in another by force
203 XII, 7 |        thing itself has a certain nature.) But the beautiful, also,
204 XII, 7 |          heavens and the world of nature. And it is a life such as
205 XII, 7 |      itself because it shares the nature of the object of thought;
206 XII, 8 |       itself and eternal. For the nature of the stars is eternal
207 XII, 8 |           the stars, and in their nature eternal, and in themselves
208 XII, 8 |      divine encloses the whole of nature. The rest of the tradition
209 XII, 9 |                             9~The nature of the divine thought involves
210 XII, 10|          in which of two ways the nature of the universe contains
211 XII, 10|    principle that constitutes the nature of each. I mean, for instance,
212 XII, 10|       should be imperishable; the nature of his "evil" is just strife.~
213 XIII, 1|      recognize both as having one nature, while (3) some others say
214 XIII, 3|     things in virtue of their own nature as possessed of each such
215 XIII, 4| connecting it in any way with the nature of numbers, but treating
216 XIII, 4|  answering to "plane" above, some nature which will be present in
217 XIII, 7|         and made two 2’s; for its nature was to double what it received.~
218 XIII, 8|      evidently number has no such nature as those who make it separable
219 XIII, 8|          which is contrary in its nature to the great. Again, how
220 XIII, 9|     partly stated in our works on nature, and partly do not belong
221 XIV, 1 |         more appropriate in their nature to magnitude than to number;
222 XIV, 1 |  underlying thing with a distinct nature of its own, e.g. in the
223 XIV, 1 |         something with a distinct nature of its own must serve as
224 XIV, 1 |            which without having a nature of its own is many or few,
225 XIV, 1 |       which is potentially of the nature in question; but the relative
226 XIV, 3 |          observed facts show that nature is not a series of episodes,
227 XIV, 4 |     assist contemplation of their nature.~A difficulty, and a reproach
228 XIV, 4 |           beautiful appear in the nature of things only when that
229 XIV, 4 |          of things only when that nature has made some progress. (
230 XIV, 4 |  self-sufficient than because its nature is good. Therefore to say
231 XIV, 4 |        badness is the fundamental nature of plurality; while others
232 XIV, 4 |      others say inequality is the nature of the bad.) It follows,
233 XIV, 6 |       them, making them causes of nature, seem, when we inspect them