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| 15034 | Are genera and species real or conceptual? bodies or incorporeal? in sensibles or separate from them? |
| Full Idea: I shall beg off talking of a) whether genera and species are real or situated in bare thoughts alone, b) whether as real they are bodies or incorporeals, and c) whether they are separated or in sensibles and have their reality in connection with them. | |||
| From: Porphyry (Isagoge ('Introduction') [c.295], (2)) | |||
| A reaction: This passage, picking up on Aristotle, seems to be the original source that grew into the medievel debate about universals. It seems to rather neatly lay out the agenda for the universals debate which is still with us. |