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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / a. Types of relation

11927	Reflexive relations are syntactically polyadic but ontologically monadic [Molnar]
	Full Idea: Reflexive relations are, and non-reflexive relations may be, monadic in the ontological sense although they are syntactically polyadic.
	From: George Molnar (Powers [1998], 1.4.5)
	A reaction: I find this a very helpful distinction, as I have never quite understood reflexive relations as 'relations', even in the most obvious cases, such as self-love or self-slaughter.