LessonsConcepts: Particular and Universal, and Six Cases of UniversalsQuiz

أن المراد بالصدق في تعريف الكلي هو الصدق على وجه الاجتماع
The predicability intended in the definition of a universal is applicability through a shared meaning, not mere substitution of one candidate for another.

The concept “human” applies to Zayd and ʿAmr together in the same respect: both are human. One need not withdraw it from Zayd to apply it to ʿAmr.

A vague personal image differs: the observer may take it as Zayd or instead as ʿAmr, but the image's intended identity is not thereby a nature commonly predicable of both. The commentary marks this contrast as collective common applicability versus alternation.

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The answer: common applicability versus substitution

Concepts: Particular and Universal, and Six Cases of Universals

أن المراد بالصدق في تعريف الكلي هو الصدق على وجه الاجتماع
The predicability intended in the definition of a universal is applicability through a shared meaning, not mere substitution of one candidate for another.

The concept “human” applies to Zayd and ʿAmr together in the same respect: both are human. One need not withdraw it from Zayd to apply it to ʿAmr.

A vague personal image differs: the observer may take it as Zayd or instead as ʿAmr, but the image's intended identity is not thereby a nature commonly predicable of both. The commentary marks this contrast as collective common applicability versus alternation.