Boethius' Argument Against Universals
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…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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