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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

21576	With asymmetrical relations (before/after) the reduction to properties is impossible [Russell]
	Full Idea: When we come to asymmetrical relations, such as before and after, greater and less etc., the attempt to reduce them to properties becomes obviously impossible.
	From: Bertrand Russell (Our Knowledge of the External World [1914], 2)
	A reaction: The traditional Aristotelian reduction to properties is attributed by Russell to logic based on subject-predicate. As an example he cites being greater than as depending on more than the mere magnitudes of the entities. Direction of the relation.