| 15854 | A primary element has only a name, and no logos, but complexes have an account, by weaving the names [Plato] |
| 10944 | A definition must be of something primary [Aristotle] |
| 596 | Only substance [ousias] admits of definition [Aristotle] |
| 12360 | Definitions need the complex features of form, and don't need to mention the category [Aristotle, by Wedin] |
| 16107 | Sometimes parts must be mentioned in definitions of essence, and sometimes not [Aristotle] |
| 12145 | Definitions are of what something is, and that is universal [Aristotle] |
| 12384 | Definition by division needs predicates, which are well ordered and thorough [Aristotle] |
| 9066 | You can define objects by progressively identifying what is the same and what is different [Aristotle] |
| 12075 | An Aristotelian definition is causal [Aristotle, by Witt] |
| 8200 | Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine] |
| 15957 | Essential definitions show the differences that discriminate things, and make them what they are [Boyle] |
| 12976 | If our ideas of a thing are imperfect, the thing can have several unconnected definitions [Leibniz] |
| 12984 | Real definitions, unlike nominal definitions, display possibilities [Leibniz] |
| 12982 | One essence can be expressed by several definitions [Leibniz] |
| 12915 | Definitions can only be real if the item is possible [Leibniz] |
| 11920 | A real definition gives all the properties that constitute an identity [Molnar] |
| 11217 | Chemists aim at real definition of things; lexicographers aim at nominal definition of usage [Gupta] |
| 12302 | Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K] |
| 11157 | Modern philosophy has largely abandoned real definitions, apart from sortals [Fine,K] |
| 14259 | Maybe two objects might require simultaneous real definitions, as with two simultaneous terms [Fine,K] |
| 9959 | 'Real' definitions give the essential properties of things under a concept [Mautner] |
| 9376 | A sentence may simultaneously define a term, and also assert a fact [Boghossian] |
| 15118 | A successful Aristotelian 'definition' is what sciences produces after an investigation [Koslicki] |
| 17311 | Real definitions don't just single out a thing; they must also explain its essence [Koslicki] |
| 16030 | 'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E] |