Part 1 of Essay
Boethius' Argument Against Universals In the essay “From His Second Commentary on Porphyry’s Isagoge” Boethius discusses the existence of universals.. By proposing two main arguments, he first shows why a view such as that held by Plato (one claiming that universals exist independent of particulars and t ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... “everything that exists exists for the reason that it is one.” And therefore, if the universal is existing in several things at one time (and thus is not one in number) then it cannot exist in this Platonic fashion. Boethius’ second argument deals with universals if they are to be spoken of as being many rather than one. He explains that to say is also false. For to say this is to imply that “there will be no last (universal set above the others).” This is because there ....