Full Idea
Universals come in hierarchies of generality.
Gist of Idea
Universals come in hierarchies of generality
Source
Michael J. Loux (Metaphysics: contemporary introduction [1998], p.24)
Book Reference
Loux,Michael J.: 'Metaphysics: a contemporary introduction' [Routledge 2000], p.24
A Reaction
If it is possible to state facts about universals, this obviously encourages a rather Platonic approach to them, as existent things with properties. But maybe the hierarchies are conventional, not natural.