Universal says something about a term : for example the term ' man ' is universal, in virtue of the fact that ' man ' stands for many things (in an univocal way). Universal thus concerns a way of signification, and that is a certain 'behavior' of our thinking (a certain way of thinking), and so ' universal ' means a certain 'how-it-is' (quality, property) of our t h i n k i n g (namely using one and the same term as a sign for many), and not a 'how-it-is' of extramental things, about which the thinking is.