Posterior Analytics/Topica Quotes

“Existentia nunquam ad essentiam rei pertinent.”
― Aristotle, Posterior Analytics/Topica

“We may assume the superiority, ceteris paribus, of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses.”
― Aristotle, Posterior Analytics/Topica

“What we have to do is to observe the facts, and from them to construct principles, and not start by laying down abstract principles and then try to fit the facts to them.”
― Aristotle, Posterior Analytics/Topica