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Boethius Argument Against Univ
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Boethius' Argument Against Universals
In the essay “From His Second Commentary on Porphyry’s Isagoge” Boethius discusses
the existence of universals.. By proposing two main arguments, he first shows why a view
such as that held by Plato (one claiming that universals exist indepen ....
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....ess that is not one
in number and therefore, “another (universal) of that (universal) is also to be searched
for.” Boethius explains that this is an infinite cycle and because of that the universal has
no real meaning in this context
Boethius tells that in order to exist and remain “one in number,” the universal must
instead exist either: in parts belonging to individual things (the universal is divided among
many particulars), in its entirety to one single par.... |
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