Full Idea
All things that exist are particulars.
Gist of Idea
All things that exist are particulars
Source
John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 3.03.01)
Book Reference
Locke,John: 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', ed/tr. Nidditch,P.H. [OUP 1979], p.409
A Reaction
This slogan is the essence of nominalism, the denial that universals exist as well as particulars.
Related Idea
Idea 16639 Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]