Глава XXV. Сходство и различие между разностью и акциденцией

The similarity between difference and accident is that both speak about many objects and answer the question: what is the object? and also in the fact that both difference and inseparable accident always belong to the objects about which they are expressed. The difference between difference and accident is that differences embrace (περιεχηουσιν) other concepts, but they themselves are not embraced by anything else, but accidents are embraced. Indeed, both difference and accident embrace species, since they are expressed about many species. But difference is not encompassed by species, since one and the same species does not accept contrary differences. Accidents, on the other hand, are encompassed by other concepts, since the same species and the same individual take on many accidents, which are often even opposite to each other. [Further, difference and accident differ from each other in that] difference does not exist more or less, but accidents do exist; that the opposite differences are not connected with each other, the opposite accidents are connected with each other. You might be interested in: