Accident (philosophy)
Accident, as used in philosophy, is an attribute which may or may not belong to a subject, without affecting its essence. The word "accident" has been employed throughout the history of philosophy with several distinct meanings.
Corpus Aristotelicum |
Logic (Organon): |
Categories – Prior Analytics |
Posterior Analytics |
On Interpretation – Topics |
Sophistical Refutations |
Physics or Natural philosophy: |
Physics – On the Heavens |
On Generation and Corruption |
Meteorology – On the Soul |
History of Animals |
Metaphysics: |
Metaphysics |
Ethics and Politics: |
Nicomachean Ethics |
Eudemian Ethics – Magna Moralia |
On Virtues and Vices |
Politics – Economics |
Constitution of the Athenians |
Rhetoric and Poetics: |
Rhetoric – Poetics |
Spurious Works: |
On the Universe – Mechanics |
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Famous quotes containing the word accident:
“A sudden light transfigures a trivial thing, a weather-vane, a wind-mill, a winnowing flail, the dust in the barn door; a moment,and the thing has vanished, because it was pure effect; but it leaves a relish behind it, a longing that the accident may happen again.”
—Walter Pater (18391894)