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Aristotle

Note 20 — I. THE DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSALS.

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Aristot. Metaph. E. p. 1026, b. 21: φαίνετας γάρ τό συμβεβηκὸς ἐγγύς τι τοῦ μὴ ὄντος.

There cannot be a stronger illustration of the difference between the Platonic and the Aristotelian point of view, than the fact that Plato applies the same designation to all particular objects of sense — that they are only midway between Entia and Non-Entia (Republic, v. pp. 478-479).

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