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When a person stands and then sits, their position changes. That does not require a change in the body's permanent dimensions or color.

Triangularity is a shape, discussed among qualities; sitting on a chair is a position arising from the arrangement of bodily parts.

Both may be called forms or configurations in ordinary speech, but their defining features and relevant relations are not identical.

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Position versus shape

Highest Genera and the Ten Categories

When a person stands and then sits, their position changes. That does not require a change in the body's permanent dimensions or color.

Triangularity is a shape, discussed among qualities; sitting on a chair is a position arising from the arrangement of bodily parts.

Both may be called forms or configurations in ordinary speech, but their defining features and relevant relations are not identical.