Previously Unpublished Works, Fascicle 13 (1909) - Page 13

...beginning, therefore that which is not made has no beginning, and if it has no beginning it is infinite. 26 This continues a logical argument from the previous page regarding the views of Melissus and Parmenides on whether "Being" is infinite or finite.
It is asked concerning the opinion and reasoning of Parmenides 27
It is asked concerning the reasoning of Aristotle against Parmenides 28

⟨As for the physicists, however⟩

original: "Sicut autem physici." This is a lemma, a short quote from Aristotle's text used as a heading for discussion.


It is asked whether something is subject to the operations of nature	29
It is asked what that thing is which is subject to nature, ⟨and then whether it is a body⟩	30
It is asked whether there is something material which holds all things in confusion	30
⟨It is asked whether anything is pure⟩	31
It is asked whether it is possible to posit a minimum flesh	32

⟨It is worthy, however, etc.⟩

original: "Dignum autem etc." Another reference to a specific passage in Aristotle's Physics.


It is asked whether principles are contraries	33
It is asked by what kind of contrariety principles are opposed	34
It is asked whether the primary contrariety is form against form	35
It is asked whether the contrariety of principles is between form and privation	36
It is asked whether the rare and the dense are primary contraries	37
⟨It is asked whether contrariety exists in all categories⟩	37

⟨Furthermore, we say that substance is not contrary to substance, etc.⟩

original: "Amplius autem substantiam dicimus non esse contrariam substantie etc." This refers to Aristotle's claim that a thing's essential nature (substance) does not have an opposite.


It is asked whether there is one primary contrariety or many	39
It is asked whether all contraries must be reduced to a primary contrariety	39
It is asked whether the contrariety found in accidents must be reduced to the contrariety found in substance	40
It is asked whether all contrarieties of accidents must be reduced immediately

and equally to the contrariety of substance, which is primary | 41 |
| It is asked in what primary contrariety is observed: ⟨whether among the differences⟩ | 42 |
| ⟨It is asked whether it is possible for matter to be a principle⟩ | 43 |
| It is asked whether matter is a medium between being and non-being | 44 |
| It is asked whether matter is something by way of positing or by way of privation | 44 | positing: the actual existence or presence of a quality, as opposed to its absence.