theatre far outnumber those in the house. The terms 'two cubits
long, "three cubits long,' and so on indicate quantity, the terms
'great' and 'small' indicate relation, for they have reference to
an external standard. It is, therefore, plain that these are to
be classed as relative.

Again, whether we define them as quantitative or not, they have
no contraries: for how can there be a contrary of an attribute
which is not to be apprehended in or by itself, but only by
reference to something external? Again, if 'great' and 'small'
are contraries, it will come about that the same subject can
admit contrary qualities at one and the same time, and that
things will themselves be contrary to themselves. For it happens
at times that the same thing is both small and great. For the
same thing may be small in comparison with one thing, and great
in comparison with another, so that the same thing comes to be
both small and great at one and the same time, and is of such a
nature as to admit contrary qualities at one and the same moment.
Yet it was agreed, when substance was being discussed, that
nothing admits contrary qualities at one and the same moment. For
though substance is capable of admitting contrary qualities, yet
no one is at the same time both sick and healthy, nothing is at
the same time both white and black. Nor is there anything which
is qualified in contrary ways at one and the same time.

Moreover, if these were contraries, they would themselves be
contrary to themselves. For if 'great' is the contrary of
'small', and the same thing is both great and small at the same
time, then 'small' or 'great' is the contrary of itself. But this
is impossible. The term 'great', therefore, is not the contrary