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Ideas for 'Principles of Philosophy', 'The Philosophy of Nature: new essentialism' and 'Locke on Human Understanding'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
A universal is a single idea applied to individual things that are similar to one another [Descartes]
Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe]