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[filed under theme 14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation ]

Full Idea

What is most universal is furthest away, and the particulars are nearest.

Gist of Idea

What is most universal is furthest away, and the particulars are nearest

Source

Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 72a05)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.3

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A Reaction

This is the puzzle that bother Aristotle about explanation, that we can only grasp the universals, when we want to explain the particulars.