LessonsConcepts: Particular and Universal, and Six Cases of UniversalsQuiz

أحدها: ما يمتنع وجود أفراده في الخارج، كاللاشيء، واللامكن، واللاموجود
First are concepts whose instances cannot exist externally, such as “non-thing,” “non-possible” and “non-existent” in the text's terminology.

The discussion concerns general headings for which a genuine external instance is impossible. The mind can discuss such a heading; doing so does not bring a corresponding object into existence.

Important distinction: being intelligible as a topic of thought is different from being instantiated in reality. Absence of external referents does not by itself turn every concept into a particular.

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Case 1: no external instance can exist

Concepts: Particular and Universal, and Six Cases of Universals

أحدها: ما يمتنع وجود أفراده في الخارج، كاللاشيء، واللامكن، واللاموجود
First are concepts whose instances cannot exist externally, such as “non-thing,” “non-possible” and “non-existent” in the text's terminology.

The discussion concerns general headings for which a genuine external instance is impossible. The mind can discuss such a heading; doing so does not bring a corresponding object into existence.

Important distinction: being intelligible as a topic of thought is different from being instantiated in reality. Absence of external referents does not by itself turn every concept into a particular.