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Goatstag (tragelaphos) is a nonsense word made up by Aristotle.

Further, how is one to prove the essential nature of a thing ? It is necessary, in order to learn the nature of Man or of anything else, to know that the subject in question exists ; for no one can know the nature of the 'non-existent, but only what its name or other designation signifies, as when I say e.g. 'Goatstag'; for the nature of a goatstag it is impossible to know. Moreover, though one may prove both the nature of a thing and that it exists, how can it be possible to do so by one and the same method? Definition and demonstration each prove one single thing; but 'what man is,' and * that man exists ' are two different questions. --Posterior Analytics[1]




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