Full Idea
What is most universal is furthest away, and the particulars are nearest.
Gist of Idea
What is most universal is furthest away, and the particulars are nearest
Source
Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 72a05)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.3
A Reaction
This is the puzzle that bother Aristotle about explanation, that we can only grasp the universals, when we want to explain the particulars.