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The discussion of Definitions falls into five parts. |
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(1) that it is not true at all to apply the expression
as well to that to which the term is applied (for the definition of
Man ought to be true of every man); |
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(2) that though the object
has a genus, he has failed to put the object defined into the genus,
or to put it into the appropriate genus (for the framer of a
definition should first place the object in its genus, and
then append
its differences: |
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(3) that the expression is not peculiar to the object
(for, as we said above as well, a definition ought to be
peculiar): |
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(4) see if, though he has observed all the aforesaid
cautions, he
has yet failed to define the object, that is, to express its
essence. |
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(5) It remains, apart from the foregoing, to see if he has
defined it, but defined it incorrectly. |
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Whether, then, the expression be not also true of that of which
the term is true you should proceed to examine according to the
commonplace rules that relate to Accident. |
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It remains, then, to prescribe how to investigate whether
the object
has been either not defined at all, or else defined incorrectly. |
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Incorrectness falls into two branches: |
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