Full Idea
Corpuscularian critics of scholasticism tend to think that only substances exist.
Gist of Idea
Corpuscularian critics of scholasticism say only substances exist
Source
Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 06.2)
Book Reference
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.105
A Reaction
Pasnau treats this as an extreme 17th C reaction which was hopelessly inadequate as metaphysics. We have been struggling with the nature of 'properties' ever since, while losing our grip on the concept of a unified 'substance'.