"But how can a principle of reasoning, which is apparently about thought, be true not so much because of the nature of thought, but because of the nature of things?" (Politis [digital] Ch. 5, Sec. 4)
I wrote in my notes that the PNC can be true because of the 'nature of things' (as Politis puts it) because Aristotle is focused on the way we can know primary 'things' through our contemplation of the sensible world. (It is not mere contemplation of sensible things that leads us to this conclusion, but logic, thought, study and eventually wisdom - all based upon the types of conclusions we can reach about knowable things.)
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