As originally presented in A Study of Qualities […] the system was not nominalistic. I feel that the recasting to meet nominalistic demands has resulted not only in a sparser ontology but also in a considerable gain in simplicity and clarity. Moreover, anyone who dislikes the change may be assured that the process of replatonizing the system—unlike the converse process—is obvious and automatic; and this in itself is an advantage of a nominalistic formulation. (SA, Original Introduction, page L of the 3rd. ed.; regarding the simplicity remark see SA, §III.7)