Universals Quotes

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of… — Aristotle
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals. — Plato
Once you abstract from this, once you generalize and postulate Universals, you have departed from the creative reality, and entered the realm of static fixity,… — D. H. Lawrence
Metaphysics abstracts the mind from the senses, and the poetic faculty must submerge the whole mind in the senses. Metaphysics soars up to universals, and… — Giambattista Vico
So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going… — Catharine MacKinnon
No human society, present or past, has lacked music. Music is therefore one of the very few human universals, which puts it on the same… — Fredric Lieberman
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason… — Aristotle
Maybe the world wasnâ€™t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people. People who were tired… — Clare Vanderpool
Morals do not come from the state and society. Morality deals with weightier matters that measure our thoughts, words, and deeds against universals that are… — Jeffrey Tucker
A further point is that, little by little, in the current universe, everything is slowly being named; nor does this have anything to do with… — Fredric Jameson
We may appreciate the efforts, and even the greatness of the men who have tried to find the universal, the general 'behind' appearances; yet at… — Hans Rookmaaker
Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept. — Bertrand Russell
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind… — Charles Stross

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