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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.
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] |