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Single Idea 16658

[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations ]

Full Idea

There is beyond a doubt nothing real in the category of Relation, except what is a thing from another category.

Gist of Idea

The only reality in the category of Relation is things from another category

Source

Henry of Ghent (Quodlibeta [1284], VII:1-2), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 12.3

Book Ref

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.233

A Reaction

This seems to have been the fairly orthodox scholastic view of relations.

The 4 ideas from 'Quodlibeta'

22012 Kant says things-in-themselves cause sensations, but then makes causation transcendental! [Henry of Ghent, by Pinkard]
16658 The only reality in the category of Relation is things from another category [Henry of Ghent]
16657 Substance, Quantity and Quality are real; other categories depend on those three [Henry of Ghent]
16645 Accidents are diminished beings, because they are dispositions of substance (unqualified being) [Henry of Ghent]