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Is reality in unique, individual beings or in objective, universal principles?

April 26, 2017beings individual Objective Principles Reality universal

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Is reality in unique, individual beings or in objective, universal principles?

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‘The world our senses show us is real, not just a shadow of reality.’ Aristotle “Rousseau agrees with modern thought, as over against ancient thought, that reality resides in the unique, individual beings. The universal is abstract. Therefore, humanity is an abstraction unless there is a bridge built by the unique individual to it by feeling.