Full Idea
The thesis that there is a Form either of good or indeed of anything else is verbal and vacuous.
Gist of Idea
The thesis of the Form of the Good (or of anything else) is verbal and vacuous
Source
Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1217b20)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics I,II and VIII', ed/tr. Woods,Michael [OUP 1992], p.9
A Reaction
This is clear evidence for suggesting that Aristotle is a nominalist. Elsewhere his essentialism suggests otherwise, but clearly on grumpy days he thought that universals were mere verbal conventions.