list out and measure the characteristics of an object.

your preferences are not in the object.

that doesn’t mean ur preferences cannot play a factor in the process as a whole, but when measuring the object, you won’t find them.

that’s why Aristotle is so important, you avoid mistaking parts for wholes.

When people are talking about this or that, you know what bucket it belongs to, the matter, the form, or the composite of both.