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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Letters to Wolff' and 'Individuals without Sortals'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

17523	Sortals basically apply to individuals [Ayers]
	Full Idea: Sortals, in their primitive use, apply to the individual.
	From: M.R. Ayers (Individuals without Sortals [1974], 'Concl')
	A reaction: If the sortal applies to the individual, any essence must pertain to that individual, and not to the class it has been placed in.

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

13191	The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: It is the same to look for perfection in an essence and in the properties that flow from an essence.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Wolff [1715], 1715.05.18)
	A reaction: It is helpful to have Leibniz spelling out his commitment to the traditional view of essence, as that from which the more evident properties flow.