Animal enters two different relations:
Relative to human and horse: it is their genus, common to different species.
Relative to growing body: it is a relative species beneath a broader genus.
There is no contradiction, because the two descriptions refer to different directions within a hierarchy. A term can be genus downward and relative species upward.
The relevant higher and lower terms must therefore be specified.
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The Five Predicables: Genus, Species and Hierarchy of Genera
Animal enters two different relations:
Relative to human and horse: it is their genus, common to different species.
Relative to growing body: it is a relative species beneath a broader genus.
There is no contradiction, because the two descriptions refer to different directions within a hierarchy. A term can be genus downward and relative species upward.
The relevant higher and lower terms must therefore be specified.