
HoP 207 - All or Nothing - The Problem of Universals
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Humanity Is a Thing, Not a Thing
Harpo must first exist as a human substance and only then have additional features. But insofar as he is just a human substance, Harpo will be the same substance as Chico and Groucho. Abilard easily dismisses William's tricky negative formulation. Two humans do not disagree in respect of being a stone, since they are both equally not a stone. A thing's status is simply some way that it is, and ways of being are not themselves things.
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