Aristotle, The Categories | The Ten Categories | Philosophy Core Concepts 

Fascinating stuff, Gregory. I have very little understanding of philosophy although I've touched on it in my studies of Christian apologetics and some stoic teachings. This is a wonderful resource deserving of far more views/likes and I thank you for the time and energy you've taken to bring this to us. Greetings from Scotland 👍

This video helped clear up substance vs relation for me. I think of a shoulder as a thing, but Aristotle seems to think of a shoulder only as it relates to the substance, the shoulder of a human being. Kind of makes sense since the shoulder is only of use if the substance (human) is in existence, a shoulder by itself doesn't have much value. I found it interesting how action and passion are directly related to each other, and that state and passion may suffer a bit due to translation of Greek to English.

Hello, sir. I just want to say that I am here because I am learning English and I need to improve my listening, but also I am here because I am interested in politics, where you should know basic facts about philosophy. Thanks for the video!

Category sounds like identity and entity to me. It makes me feel like each one is part of my existence. Position reminds me of chemical terms such as relative to isomers and orientation in reactions.

Thanks for your videos

Good stuff

Ousia, as the substratum of contraries, is the essence as essence. It answers the question "what is it?". There is here no distinction between essence and being. Philosophies like some forms of Buddhism do not think there is any species (where species is the essence) other than a mental convenience. And while I should be careful, existentialists like Heidegger would argue (describe) the essence of being human as "nothing". Theologically (assuming Christianity) each of us is born in the image of God, and closest account of God's essence given in Exodus 3:14 in the self identification as "I am" .The being of essence in general ( as both expressed in hierarchically organized biological taxonomies and as the principle of concrete being) has both claims to justify or to refute the doctrine of essence as essence. Darwin is often cited as starting natural history, where, unlike the discrete and changeless species of the Greeks, species are mutable and some samples resist clear classification, indicating a skepticism regarding the reality of the species as species. The question of the reality of essence as essence has relevance to claims of logic, being and ultimately to truth. I have chosen a doorway into understanding ousia with more clearly and with greater detail by reexploring Aristotle's account, and Plotinus' criticism of that. I have learned that alternating between reading the text and viewing your videos creates a dialectic in interpreting the text, which I find leads to more persistence in pursuing the question and sometimes more insight .Thank you for being my companion ( whether you are aware of it or not) as I return to one of the most important questions of my life. What is the meaning of being?

Hi Professor Sadler, Would you place beloved (as a noun) in relation? Would soul be considered a substance or a condition? Thank you!

What would be pure form as per Aristotle ,?? Is it GOD ????….can you clarify sir ?

Some of them could be combined, as a general concept or for the conjunctional use, nonetheless thank you for creating those videos.

What does aristotle mean in saying to predicate?

How is "goodness predicated of all these categories"?

Where's chapter 3?

Why is understanding this concept important? All I know is that it is taught in some part of the world to understand reasonings in judicial materials

I wonder if there exists a category Aristotle didn´ think of.