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23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
Full Idea: A universal is not an object of any sense, and therefore cannot be imagined; but it may be distinctly conceived. | |
From: Thomas Reid (Essays on Intellectual Powers 5: Abstraction [1785], 6) | |
A reaction: If you try to imagine whiteness, what size is it, and what substance embodies it? Neither are needed to think of whiteness, so Reid is right. A nice observation. |