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Full Idea
It is not true that only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can all be characterized.
Gist of Idea
Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them
Source
Jenny Teichmann (The Mind and the Soul [1974], Ch.2)
Book Ref
Teichmann,Jenny: 'The Mind and the Soul' [RKP 1974], p.20
A Reaction
This is why it is so important to distinguish the actual properties in nature from those that can be fancifully hypothesized by a linguistic being. Is there any limit to the possible number of levels of meta-properties?
| 9292 | The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann] |
| 9295 | Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann] |
| 9293 | Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann] |
| 9294 | No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann] |