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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
Aristotle said relations are not substances, so (if they exist) they must be accidents [Aristotle, by Heil]
     Full Idea: Aristotle categorised relations as accidents - Socrates's whiteness, the sphericity of this ball - entities dependent on substances. Relations are not substances, so they must be, if anything at all, accidents.
     From: report of Aristotle (Categories [c.331 BCE], §7) by John Heil - Relations 'Historical'
     A reaction: Heil says this thought encouraged anti-realist views of relations, which became the norm until Russell.