4 ideas
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
19347 | Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
651 | Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle] |