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Full Idea
Particularity and individuality belong to being, whereas generality belongs to thought.
Gist of Idea
Particularity belongs to being, whereas generality belongs to thought
Source
Ludwig Feuerbach (Principles of Philosophy of the Future [1843], §29)
Book Ref
Feuerbach,Ludwig: 'Principles of the Philosophy of the Future', ed/tr. Vogel,M [Hackett 1986], p.44
A Reaction
This agrees with Russell's view that every sentence (and proposition) must contain a universal (i.e a generality). The very notion of thinking 'about' a horse seems to require a move to the universal concept of a horse.