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There are four senses in which one thing can be said to be 'prior' to another. |
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Secondly, one thing is said to be 'prior' to another when the sequence of their being cannot be reversed. |
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In the third place, the term 'prior' is used with reference to any order, as in the case of science and of oratory. |
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Besides these senses of the word, there is a fourth. |
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Such, then, are the different senses in which the term 'prior' is used. |
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Yet it would seem that besides those mentioned there is yet another. |
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Thus the word 'prior' may be used in five senses. |
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