Full Idea
No universal exists over and above, and separately from, the particulars.
Gist of Idea
No universals exist separately from particulars
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1040b27)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.226
A Reaction
[At last I have found one of Aristotle's most famous ideas!] His hallmark of a universal is that it is found in many particulars, but then we ask whether they are identical (universals) or merely resembling (tropes).