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. For of these the definition of 'snub' includes the matter
of the thing, but that of 'concave' is independent of the matter;
for snubness is found in a nose, so that we look for its definition
without eliminating the nose, for what is snub is a concave nose.
Evidently then the definition of flesh also and of the eye and of
the other parts must always be stated without eliminating the matter.
Since there is a science of being qua being and capable of
existing apart, we must consider whether this is to be regarded as the
same as physics or rather as different. Physics deals with the
things that have a principle of movement in themselves; mathematics is
theoretical, and is a science that deals with things that are at rest,
but its subjects cannot exist apart. Therefore about that which can
exist apart and is unmovable there is a science different from both of
these, if there is a substance of this nature (I mean separable and
unmovable), as we shall try to prove there is. And if there is such
a kind of thing in the world, here must surely be the divine, and this
must be the first and most dominant principle. Evidently, then,
there are three kinds of theoretical sciences-physics, mathematics,
theology. The class of theoretical sciences is the best, and of
these themselves the last named is best; for it deals with the highest
of existing things, and each science is called better or worse in
virtue of its proper object
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