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Full Idea
Can properties have parts?
Gist of Idea
Can properties have parts?
Source
Chris Swoyer (Properties [2000], 6.4)
Book Ref
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.42
A Reaction
If powers are more fundamental than properties, with the latter often being complexes of the underlying powers, then yes they do. But powers don't. Presumably whatever is fundamental shouldn't have parts. Why?