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1 I, 1| magnitude called "growth" and "diminution". Nevertheless, the statements 2 I, 1| of place, or growth and diminution, or "alteration"; further, 3 I, 4| quantity, it is "growth and diminution"; when it is in place, it 4 I, 5| change which is growth and diminution? The sphere" of growing 5 I, 5| growth is an increase, and diminution is a lessening, of the magnitude 6 I, 5| increased, and that similarly in diminution every part has become smaller: 7 I, 5| us to say that growth or diminution occurs in the way in which 8 I, 5| water-then it will cause a diminution of the quantum; though still 9 I, 9| added, makes growth and diminution impossible also. For if