 Brito’s contribution to the debate about the ontological status of universals can be found in his reply to the set of questions left unresolved in Porphyry’s Isagoge. In his commentary on this text, Brito raises the question whether the universal exists independently of any intellectual operation. His reply is negative or positive depending on whether the question concerns the actual or the potential universal. In doing so, Brito puts forth a moderate realist position with respect to the external existence of universals (see also Sirridge 2008).