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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordGala is milk.
- In StobaeusThe report of Aristotle’s terminology contrasts whiteness on a painted surface with whiteness belonging throughout milk.
- In this edition“Milk” is direct; the example’s point is the extent of the quality, not milk’s nutritive function.
- A place to beginMilk’s whiteness illustrates a determination extending through a substance.
- English renderings
- milk
Meaning
Gala is milk. In philosophical examples its visible properties can illustrate a relation between substance and quality.
Use in the book
The report of Aristotle’s terminology contrasts whiteness on a painted surface with whiteness belonging throughout milk. Milk thus illustrates a determination extending through the thing, as opposed to a superficial appearance. The example helps explain the report’s distinction between form and shape.
Places to read
- I.12.1b.1Milk’s whiteness illustrates a determination extending through a substance.
Translation in this edition
“Milk” is direct; the example’s point is the extent of the quality, not milk’s nutritive function.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 134–135. The contrast is supplied by the ancient reporter and follows an editorially repaired sentence; it is not an identified direct quotation from Aristotle.