Aula Scholastica 

The opinions are set forth. With the notion of universals established, there arises the notable question of whether universals have some objective value — that is, whether any entity or nature corresponds to the words and concepts of universals. Four systems have existed on this matter: Nominalism, Conceptualism, Absolute Realism, and Moderate Realism. Nominalism holds that universals exist only in names — that they are mere breath of the voice; Conceptualism maintains that t

On genus. It has been said that genus is predicated in what incompletely, and does not constitute the complete essence; is genus, then, a part of the species?Response. 1° Genus is not an actual part of the species. An actual part is one which is contained actually under the whole; thus the hand is an actual part of the human body. But an actual part is not predicated of the whole — for we do not say “Man is a hand” or “a forearm.” But genus is rightly predicated of the specie

On transcendentals. Having explained the notion of univocal and analogical, we must now treat of the principal analogical and univocal concepts — namely, the Transcendentals and the Universals. A transcendental is said to be that which is above every genus and every species. It is defined as: that which belongs, at least in some way, to all and each of the things that are or can be. Six transcendentals are enumerated: thing (res), being (ens), one (unum), something (aliquid),