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Ideas for 'works', 'After Finitude' and 'On 'Physics''

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

11237	Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
	Full Idea: Plato argues that only universals have essence.
	From: report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 1.4

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

11238	Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]
	Full Idea: Plato and Aristotle have a shared general conception of essence: the essence of a thing is what that thing is simply in virtue of itself and in virtue of being the very thing it is. It answers the question 'What is this very thing?'
	From: report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 1.4