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Subsumption (n.) externally ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠conceived places an individual under a universal on the vague idea that it is of inferior quality.

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Subsumption (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠homogeneity: the empirical concept of a plate falls under the geometrical concept of a circle because the roundness thought in the one can be intuited in the other.