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 | The numerical difference between Socrates and Plato is an argument of their specifical distinction; it includeth and implieth an essential difference between things, being distinguished by their proper, individual, essential forms.... | |
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| ...To differ in number is to differ in form; for number is an affection or proper adjunct following the essence. Socrates and Plato have two distinct forms; hence they cannot be both one and the same, hence they differ numerically.... | |
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| If Socrates and Plato, or any other individual men differing in number, should not differ in essence and form, they should differ only accidentally, as one man differs from himself, or as Socrates in his old age differs from Socrates in his youth... | |
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