Глава XLVIII. Еще об однородном и принадлежащем к одному и тому же виду; о разнородном и разновидном; об едино-ипостасном и различающемся численно

Homogeneous are those objects that belong to the same category; for example, objects are subordinate to substances. The situation is similar for the other nine categories. It should be noted that there are ten categories or the most general genera, and every name used independently of other names is reduced to them. These categories are as follows: 1) substance, for example, stone; 2) quantity, for example, two, three; 3) relationship, for example, father, son; 4) quality, for example, white, black; 5) where, for example in Damascus: this indicates the place; 6) when, for example yesterday, tomorrow, this indicates the time; 7) the ability, for example, to wear clothes; 8) position, for example standing, sitting; 9) action, for example, burning; 10) suffering, for example, being subjected to burning. Heterogeneous are those objects that belong to different categories. Thus, man and horse will be homogeneous, for both belong to the category of substance. On the contrary, man and knowledge are heterogeneous, for man belongs to the category of substance, while knowledge belongs to the category of quality. One type are those objects that belong to the same type and coincide with each other in the concept of their essence, for example, Peter and Paul. Both belong to the same species - the human species. Varieties are those objects that differ from each other in appearance, i.e. the concept of an entity, for example, man and horse. The Holy Fathers accept homogeneous and belonging to the same type of objects as one and the same thing - as objects of the same essence, i.e. for hypostases of the same type. Objects are one-hypostasis (ὁμουποστατα), when two natures are united in one hypostasis and produce one complex hypostasis and one person; such, for example, are the soul and body. Those objects are different in hypostasis and numerically different, the property of the essence of which is determined through a combination of accidents, in other words, which differ from each other in accidents and have a separate and independent existence; such, for example, are the individuals Peter and Paul, for one is one person, the other is another. You might be interested in: