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Single Idea 12094

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals ]

Full Idea

No universal exists over and above, and separately from, the particulars.

Gist of Idea

No universals exist separately from particulars

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1040b27)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.226


A Reaction

[At last I have found one of Aristotle's most famous ideas!] His hallmark of a universal is that it is found in many particulars, but then we ask whether they are identical (universals) or merely resembling (tropes).