“ A substance is a universal; as for example, Humanity, or the Human, is a universal and indivisible ”
Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904). copy citation
| Author | Henry Adams |
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| Source | Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres |
| Topic | humanity example |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4584/pg4584-images.html |
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“God is indivisible. The divine substance is incapable of alteration or accident; all other substance is liable to alteration or accident; therefore, the divine substance differs from all other substance. A substance is a universal; as for example, Humanity, or the Human, is a universal and indivisible; the Man Socrates, for instance, is not a universal, but an individual; therefore, the substance Humanity, being indivisible, must exist entire and undivided in Socrates.
The form of logic most fascinating to youthful minds, as well as to some minds that are only too acute, is the reductio ad absurdum;”
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