Full Idea
Aporia 15: Are the principles of things universals or particulars?
Gist of Idea
Aporia 15: Are the causes of things universals or particulars?
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1003a05-17) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 3.4
Book Reference
Politis,Vasilis: 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' [Routledge 2004], p.89
A Reaction
Aristotle seems to be groping for a compromise answer. Explanations must be universal, but primary being seems to reside in the particulars. The modern idea of Aristotelianism is universals-only-in-particulars.