Single Idea 16086

[catalogued under 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta]

Full Idea

With things that do not have matter, they are all unities of a kind simpliciter.

Clarification

'Simpliciter' means 'without qualification'

Gist of Idea

Objects lacking matter are intrinsic unities

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1045b24)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.250


A Reaction

Are all abstract objects unities? Are all sets Aristotelian unities? Only the brackets unify a disparate bunch of things. Are the primes one object or many? If many, each one needs an intrinsic unity to pick it out. The group of primes lacks matter.