 But then, if in this way, by positing universals in the mind, the most obvious inconsistencies of Plato’s doctrine can be avoided, no wonder that Plato’s “original” universals, the universal models which particulars try to imitate by their features, found their place, in accordance with the long-standing Neo-Platonic tradition, in the divine  mind.[14]  It is this tradition that explains Boethius’ cautious formulation of his conclusion concerning Aristotelianism pure and simple, as not providing us with the whole story. As he writes: