Universals Flashcards
Division of Universals
🔘direct universal idea
🔘logical universal idea
Define direct universal idea
Expresses the nature of the essence of a thing as a thing in itself, without its relationship to other things or ideas.
Other names direct universal idea
🔘immediate universals
🔘real universal
🔘metaphysical universal
🔘universal of the first intention
Idea is based from the object itself,
The universal idea is immediately formed in the mind
Immediate universals
Idea is based on the reality of the object perceived
Real universal
Universal idea is always abstract
Metaphysical univrsal
The first idea that can be gauged from the object perceived
Universal of the first intention
Define logical universal idea
Expresses a nature common to many precisely insofar as it is applicable to many
Other names of logical universal idea
🔘Reflexive universal
🔘Universal of second intentions
After the mind comprehends the direct universal, the idea is applied to many of the same class
Reflexive universal
Direct universal is now applicable to many
Universal of second intention
The ultimate class of direct universals
Predicament
Two predicaments of direct univerals
🔘substance
🔘accident
Being existing in and by itself and does not need any other being as a subject in which to exist.
Anything that exists individually
Ex.
God and every individual being
Substance
A being, which does not exist in and by itself and therefore needs another being on which to exist
Accident