Or, should we say he did both, simultaneously? — charles ferraro
Also, I think concrete objects (entities), not being abstract ideas, are encountered, neither discovered, nor invented. — charles ferraro
I was referring to "natural", not manufactured, empirical entities as being encountered. — charles ferraro
I do not subscribe to the Platonic notion of pre-existent abstract ideas being instantiated. — charles ferraro
Abstract ideas are neither found, nor made; they are thought. — charles ferraro
Please explain with greater precision what your statement means which begins with "... because there is nothing to be found but the potential for something to be made, but that potential itself was not made, it was always "there." " What is the subject you are referring to here? — charles ferraro
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