Further, the state is by nature clearly prior to theand to the , since the whole is ofprior to the part; for example, if the whole body be destroyed, there will be no foot or , except in an equivocal sense, as we might speak of a stone hand; for when destroyed the hand will be no better than that. But things are defined by theirand ; and we ought not to say that they are the same when they no longer have their proper quality, but only that they have the same .[]

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