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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Objects and Persons' and 'Plural Quantification Exposed'

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2. Reason / E. Argument / 3. Analogy

15770	Some things cannot be defined, and only an analogy can be given [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: It is not right to seek a definition for everything - for some things an overview is to be had by analogy.
	From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1048a33)
	A reaction: This is what David Lewis called the 'way of example' in defining what is meant by 'abstract objects'.