Simple

A simple thing is a thing that lacks parts. I treat the term, ‘lacks’ and ‘parts’ as primitive terms. I grasp the meaning of ‘part’ by virtue of my direct awareness of things being parts of things (e.g., the left half of my visual field being part of my complete visual field). I grasp the meaning of ‘lacks’ by virtue of my awareness of one thing lacking some property: for example, I’m aware of my lacking the property of being purple. By ‘thing’ I mean the same thing as ‘Being’.

 

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