Full Idea
Aporia 8: Do general kinds exist at all, in addition to the sense-perceptible particulars?
Gist of Idea
Aporia 8: Are there general kinds, or merely particulars?
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0999a24-b24) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 3.4
Book Reference
Politis,Vasilis: 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' [Routledge 2004], p.86
A Reaction
Aristotle is beginning to confront the whole issue of natural kinds. It seems OK to say that the elements are natural kinds, but things get more difficult when you talk about 'planets' or 'tigers'. Aristotle decides there are natural kinds.