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en-wikipedia-org-4665		Universal (metaphysics) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1946	270	55	In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things.[1] For example, suppose there are two chairs in a room, each of which is green. Platonic extreme realism: beauty is a property that exists in an ideal form independently of any mind or thing. Taking a broader view, the main positions are generally considered classifiable as: extreme realism, nominalism (sometimes simply named "anti-realism" with regard to universals)[6], moderate realism, and idealism. Platonic realism holds universals to be the referents of general terms, such as the abstract, nonphysical, non-mental entities to which words such as "sameness", "circularity", and "beauty" refer. Other metaphysical theories may use the terminology of universals to describe physical entities. "The Problem of Universals" in Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings, Michael J. "On the Relation of Universals and Particulars" (link)	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4665.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4665.txt