WHY IT IS NOT STABLE, THOUGH IT DOES NOT MOVE.

But if it does not move, why does it not possess stability? Because

either of these things, or both together, are suitable to nothing but

essence. Besides, that which possesses stability is stable through

stability, and is not identical with stability itself; consequently it

possesses stability only by accident, and would no longer remain simple.

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