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Single Idea 153

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals]

Full Idea

It takes a man to understand by the use of universals, and to collect out of the multiplicity of sense-impressions a unity arrived at by a process of reason.

Gist of Idea

It takes a person to understand, by using universals, and by using reason to create a unity out of sense-impressions

Source

Plato (Phaedrus [c.366 BCE], 249b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII', ed/tr. Hamilton,Walter [Penguin 1973], p.55