The Five Predicables: Genus, Species and Hierarchy of Genera

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• Which list names all five predicables?
• Both genus and species are predicated in reply to which question?
• What shared essential answer applies to human, horse and sheep?
• In the genus definition, what does “differing in essences” indicate?
• What is “human” relative to Zayd, Amr and Khalid?
• What is the decisive difference between genus and real species?
• If two humans differ in skin colour, what follows about their species?
• Why is “every animal is human” false although every human is animal?
• What relation defines a relative species?
• What is animal relative to growing body?
• Why is human both a real and a relative species?
• Which is the commentary’s example of real species without relative species?
• Which is the commentary’s example of relative species without real species?
• What is the relation between real and relative species?
• A term is species upward and genus downward. What does that mean?
• Which describes the lowest genus?
• Which is the lowest genus in the given hierarchy?
• What makes a genus intermediate?
• How is growing body classified in this series?
• What identifies the highest genus?
• What is the highest genus in the source hierarchy?
• What comes immediately above animal in the source chain?
• Why is applicability to many not enough to make a universal a genus?
• Why is human the answer to “What are Zayd and Amr?”
• Which term lies between substance and growing body?
• Animal includes human absolutely. What distinguishes genus from real species in essence?
• Genus and real species are both universals, but the former concerns different and the latter agreeing specific essences.
• Relative to human and horse, animal is a real species rather than genus.
• The highest genus is also called genus of genera.
• An intermediate genus has no genus below it, only species.