Aristotle's Idiocies

Grice was perhaps right when he thought that Ariskant was a better philosopher than Kantotle ("He came later").

Consider Grice's 'pet': Categories: they are 10 for Aristotle, but only 4 for Kant and Grice: quantitas, qualitas, modus, and relatio.

Aristotle was confused as to qualitas.

In Greek, 'idion' gives "idiot".

This was translated, grossly, by Cicero, as "proprium".

But a proprium, is it part of the essence: "A man laughs -- chimps don't" observes Aristotle. Thus 'risus' is a proprium for 'man': it distills from the essence of 'rationality'.

Grice found most of this talk 'idiotic'.

Etc.

JLS