أَنَّ لِلشَّيْءِ قَدْ يَكُونُ لَهُ اعْتِبَارَاتٌ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ
A thing may be considered under different respects.
An iʿtibār is a way of considering a subject, not necessarily an additional object in the external world. The same individual can be discussed as a body, as a living being, or as rational.
Statements about the same individual may therefore answer distinct questions. “This body is living” and “this human is rational” select different aspects for discussion.
Attending to these respects can resolve objections produced by treating a term as though it always referred to one and the same aspect.