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Inseparable and separable accident

al-ʿaraḍ al-lāzim wa-l-mufāriq

العَرَضُ اللَّازِم وَالمُفَارِق

An accidental universal is inseparable (lāzim) when it cannot be separated from what it is said of, and separable (mufāriq) when it can.

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Explanation

Being even is inseparable from four; blushing from shame is separable from a person.

Also written as: arad lazim, arad mufariq, inseparable accident.

In the text

وَأَمَّا الْعَرَضِيُّ فَإِمَّا أَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ انْفِكَاكُهُ عَنِ الْمَاهِيَّةِ وَهُوَ الْعَرَضُ اللَّازِمُ، أَوْ لَا يَمْتَنِعَ وَهُوَ الْعَرَضُ الْمُفَارِقُ،As for the accidental, either it cannot be separated from the quiddity, which is the inseparable accident, or it can, which is the separable accident.

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