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Single Idea 16145

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques ]

Full Idea

None of the things predicated in common picks out a this-thing-here, but rather such-and-such a kind.

Gist of Idea

Predications only pick out kinds of things, not things in themselves

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1039a01)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.217


A Reaction

He is in the process of denying that predicates pick out real substances [real being, 'ousia'], but this is clearly aimed at Plato.