8 ideas
18439 | Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
18442 | You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine] |
18441 | No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine] |
18440 | Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
22237 | The Greeks had a single word meaning both 'beautiful' and 'good' [Pormann] |