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Full Idea
Quantity was a leading scholastic contender for the principle of individuation.
Gist of Idea
Scholastics thought Quantity could be the principle of individuation
Source
Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 14.4)
Book Ref
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.297
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