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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

10650	In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units [Rescher]
	Full Idea: In military usage, persons can be parts of small units, and small units parts of large ones; but persons are never parts of large units.
	From: Nicholas Rescher (Axioms for the Part Relation [1955]), quoted by Achille Varzi - Mereology 2.1
	A reaction: This much-cited objection to the transitivity of the 'part' relation seems very odd. There could hardly be an army or a regiment if there weren't soldiers to make up parts of it.