Глава XXXVI. О десяти самых общих родах

Everything that is said is said (or) simply and without connection, for example: substance, accident and the like, (or) in connection, for example, a horse runs, Socrates philosophizes. Of all that is said simply, without connection, one denotes a substance, for example: man, horse; other – quantity, for example, two, three, double, triple; third - relationship, for example, father, son; fourth – quality, for example, white, black; fifth – a place, for example, on a ship, in a square; sixth – time, for example, last year, yesterday, today; seventh – position, for example, standing, sitting; eighth - state, for example, to be dressed, to be shod; ninth - action, for example, flow, cut; tenth – suffering, for example, being subjected to burning, cutting. These ten types of names are called categories, i.e. predicates, since they are said in relation to something - for to say (το αγορευειν) means to speak. You should know that each of these ten categories is the most general genus. But of these ten categories, the most general kinds, only one is substance; the remaining nine are accidents. The list of categories is as follows: 1) substance, 2) quantity, 3) relation, 4) quality, 5) time, 6) place, 7) position, 8) state, 9) action, 10) suffering. You might be interested in: