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 1   V, 27|      that can be said to be "mutilated"; it must be a whole as
 2   V, 27|     For not only is two not "mutilated" if one of the two ones
 3   V, 27|    general no number is thus mutilated; for it is also necessary
 4   V, 27|  essence remain; if a cup is mutilated, it must still be a cup;
 5   V, 27| things can all be said to be mutilated, for in a sense a number
 6   V, 27|   water or fire, none can be mutilated; to be mutilated, things
 7   V, 27|      can be mutilated; to be mutilated, things must be such as
 8   V, 27|  position, but cannot become mutilated. Besides, not even the things
 9   V, 27|   things that are wholes are mutilated by the privation of any
10   V, 27|  position; e.g. a cup is not mutilated if it is bored through,
11   V, 27|     is removed, and a man is mutilated not if the flesh or the