A second distinction among possibilities divides non-qualitative possibilities, which are ways specific individuals like Napoleon or Nefertiti could have been, from qualitative possibilities, which are not tied to any specific individuals. So, for example, the possibility that Napoleon escapes Elba is non-qualitative, while the possibility that there are four red objects is a qualitative possibility. (On some views, the distinction between qualitative and non-qualitative possibilities can be identified with or analyzed in terms of the distinction between de dicto and de re possibilities.) Granted these two distinctions among possibilities, haecceitism can be characterized as follows: