ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
An individual is a unique, non-repeatable entity which is discernable from all other members of the same species. A theory of individuality is an explanation of the mode of being of the individuals. In the Aristotelian philosophical tradition, which is one of the essential components of Byzantine thought, individuals have a particular status; as primary substances they are both: the ontological foundation of reality and the first object of perception - I see Petros, not humanity - ; but at the same time, according to Aristotle, they cannot be defined as individuals (one can only define the species to which they belong), and there can therefore be no science of them (but only of universals).…
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