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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science' and 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals

15729	Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]
	Full Idea: Properties that have no concrete instances must be defined in terms of those that have.
	From: Anthony Quinton (The Nature of Things [1973], 9 'Nat')
	A reaction: I wonder what the dodo used to smell like?