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Ideas for 'Cratylus', 'Euthydemus' and 'An essentialist approach to Truth-making'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

13787	Doesn't each thing have an essence, just as it has other qualities? [Plato]
	Full Idea: Don't you think that just as each thing has a colour or some of those other qualities we mentioned, it also has a being or essence?
	From: Plato (Cratylus [c.377 BCE], 423e)
	A reaction: The Greek here seems to be 'ousia', which I increasingly think should be translated as 'distinct identity', rather than as 'existence' or as 'essence'. Maybe the philosophical term 'haecceity' captures it best.