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Boethius' Argument Against Universals
Title: Boethius' Argument Against Universals
Category: Literature / English
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Boethius' Argument Against Universals
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 independent of particulars
and that a universal exists wholly in each particular at all times) is false. Then he presents
his own view of the relationship between universals and particulars which is …showed first 75 words of 614 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 614 total…to species and genus to illustrate this
concept: distinct individual men give the likeness of humanity. Boethius claims this
likeness to be the species. Likewise, the likeness of distinct species (those of a wide range
of different animals) make up a genus. In this example, the species and the individual men
are analogous to the particulars. The genus then, is analogous to a universal, thus
showing that it is from particulars that comes the universals.
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