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Common accident العَرَضُ العَامّ
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Common accident
al-ʿaraḍ al-ʿāmm
العَرَضُ العَامّ
A (ʿaraḍ ʿāmm) is a said of what falls under one and of other things too, and non-essentially.
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Explanation
“Walking” is said of humans, but also of horses and other animals, and it is not part of what a human is.
Also written as: arad amm, aradh aam, common accident.
In the text
وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَعُمَّ حَقَائِقَ فَوْقَ وَاحِدَةٍ وَهُوَ الْعَرَضُ الْعَامُّ كَالْمُتَنَفِّسِ بِالْقُوَّةِ وَالْفِعْلِ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلإِنْسَانِ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ، وَيُرْسَمُ بِأَنَّهُ كُلِّيٌّ يُقَالُ عَلَى مَا تَحْتَ حَقَائِقَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ قَوْلًا عَرَضِيًّا.or it covers more than one reality, which is the common accident, like “breathing”, potentially and actually, relative to human and other animals; it is described as a universal said accidentally of what falls under different realities.Examples
- المَاشِي“walking”, for human
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Question 1
A common accident (ʿaraḍ ʿāmm) is a universal that is said…
The covers more than one and is of them accidentally, not as part of what they are.
Question 2
In the matn, “breathing” relative to human is a common accident. Why?
المُتَنَفِّسُ
“Breathing” is found in humans and other animals alike, and it is not part of the human : so it is a , not a or an .
Question 3
What separates a common accident from a proprium?
Both are . The , like “capable of laughter”, belongs to one ; the , like “walking”, is said of other realities too.
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