Full Idea
[A thing may be unified because it is] the numerically indivisible, the particular.
Gist of Idea
A unity may just be a particular, a numerically indivisible thing
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1052a30)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.286
A Reaction
One of four possible theories of unity. This one seems to beg the question, or only to offer unity as a primitive, unanalysable concept. Only abstract objects strike us as utterly indivisible.