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that if by a collection you mean a sam, the sam
of the sun is not the sun, since it is an ens
rationis having an essence, while the individual
has no essence and is not an ens
rationis. But if you mean the gath, the gath
of the sun has no being at all except the
existence of the sun which is all the being the
individual existent sun has. Therefore, having
precisely the same being they are identical and
no distinction except a grammatical or
linguistic one can be drawn between them.
Mr. Russell's being puzzled by this is a good illustration of how impossible it
is to treat of philosophy without making a
special vocabulary such as all other sciences make. It
is, however, far more needed in philosophy

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that if by a collection you mean a sam, the sam
of the sun is not the sun, since it is an ens
rationis having an essence, while the individual
has no essence and is not an ens
rationis. But if you mean the gath, the gath
of the sun has no being at all except the
existence of the sun which is all the being the
individual existent sun has. Therefore, having
precisely the same being they are identical and
no distinction except a grammatical or
linguistic one can be drawn between them.
Mr. Russell's being puzzled by this is a good illustration of how impossible it
is to treat of philosophy without making a
special vocabulary such as all other sciences make. It
is, however, far more needed in philosophy