Universal and Particular
The relation between general kinds (such as "dog") and the individual things that belong to them.
Works to read
- The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes, 1936 · Great Books
- The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, 1944
- Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary, 2009
- Statesman by Plato, c. 360 BC · Great Books
- On the Heavens by Aristotle, c. 350 BC · Great Books
- On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle, c. 350-322 BC · Great Books
- Poetics by Aristotle, c. 335 BCE · Great Books
- The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin, 1871 · Great Books
- Science and Hypothesis by Henri Poincare, 1902 · Great Books
- An Introduction to Mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead, 1911 · Great Books
- The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell, 1912 · Great Books
- An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by John of Damascus, c. 743
Passages
From the texts
The universal also is thought by some to be in the fullest sense a cause, and a principle; therefore let us attack the discussion of this point also.
— Aristotle, Metaphysics
By the term 'universal' I mean that which is of such a nature as to be predicated of many subjects, by 'individual' that which is not thus predicated.
— Aristotle, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, Topics and Sophistical Refutations
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