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Subject Philosophy

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405106795.2004.x


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M etaphysics, ancient greek philosophy [Greek toionde ] For Aristotle , a kind, common nature or common predicate . Form , as toionde , is a universal form. Such, which is general, contrasts with a this ( tode ti ), which is individual . Aristotle claimed that by separating an idea ( toionde ) from the things exemplifying it and by thus making the idea a this, Plato made many mistakes in his Theory of Forms or Ideas. Aristotle tried to keep a clear distinction between a this and such by claiming that substance is a this and that an idea, as a universal, is not a substance. “… no common predicate indicates a ‘this’, but rather a ‘such’. If not, many difficulties follow and especially the ‘third man’.” Aristotle, Metaphysics ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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