LessonsAccidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination ArgumentQuiz

والأكوان وهي الاجتماع والافتراق والحركة والسكون
The akwān are conjunction, separation, motion, and rest.

In this technical usage, kawn refers to the spatial state of a substance or body, not simply to the universe at large. It concerns being in a place or spatial locus.

The four states must not be confused. Conjunction and separation concern the spatial relation of two substances, while motion and rest compare the spatial condition of a subject across successive instants.

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The four states called akwān

Accidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination Argument

والأكوان وهي الاجتماع والافتراق والحركة والسكون
The akwān are conjunction, separation, motion, and rest.

In this technical usage, kawn refers to the spatial state of a substance or body, not simply to the universe at large. It concerns being in a place or spatial locus.

The four states must not be confused. Conjunction and separation concern the spatial relation of two substances, while motion and rest compare the spatial condition of a subject across successive instants.