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Single Idea 13074

[from 'works' by Francisco Suárez, in 9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind ]

Full Idea

On Suarez's account, only natural kinds and their members have real essences.

Gist of Idea

Only natural kinds and their members have real essences

Source

report of Francisco Suárez (works [1588]) by Cover,J/O'Leary-Hawthorne,J - Substance and Individuation in Leibniz 1.3.1 n21

Book Reference

Cover,J/O'Leary-Hawthorne,J: 'Substance and Individuation in Leibniz' [CUP 1999], p.26


A Reaction

Interesting. Rather than say that everything is a member of some kind, we leave quirky individuals out, with no essence at all. What is the status of the very first exemplar of a given kind?