Introductory Remarks -- What this section appears to me to be about:
是而然
being a slave → being a human.
S H S → H
Paradigmatic case: S = 1 H =
1
Contrary case: S = 1 H = 0
"是而然" indicates that when the antecedents and consequents are instanced the implication is true.
The Text in Big5:
白馬,馬也,乘白馬,乘馬也。驪馬,馬也,乘驪馬,乘馬也。獲人,人也,愛獲,愛人也。臧,人也,愛臧,愛人也。此乃是而然者也。
A
white horse is a horse. To ride a white horse is to ride
a horse.
A pure
black horse is a horse. To ride a pure black horse is to ride a horse.
A
prisoner of war is a human being. To love a prisoner of war is to love
a
human
being.
A slave is a human being. To love a slave is to love a human
being.
{{What we can note about all of these propositions is that the color or condition of servitude is irrelevant to how they are treated, i.e., the sub-sets are not very relevant to the verbs. While we might care what color of horse we are riding, as far as riding horses in general goes, any color of horse will do. So if we say: "I am riding a white horse," the relevant thing is that I am riding a horse; I think Aristotle would regard its whiteness as an "accident."}}