Aristotle’s propositional theory depends on an internal subject-predicate distinction in indicative mode

Evidence

According to [Aristotle] we have a proposition when the λγς focuses on an internal distinction between subject and predicate and for the most part when the ā€˜slope’ of such a λγς takes the indicative mode: what is said this way, and only this way, is said ā€˜as if we were coming from it’ (comme si on en venait). — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1170

Categorization

  • QUESTION: How far does the ā€˜slope’ metaphor — predication as a coming-from, an incline — carry into Malabou’s overall reading of Hegelian temporality and plasticity?
  • XREF: connects to: Ordinary grammar’s linear subject-copula-predicate structure blocks genuine speculative thought — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1172; In speculative statements the predicate names what the subject essentially is — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1203; An analytic proposition’s predicate is always contained within its subject — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2562 (+1 more)

Broader Connections