'''Realists''' were [[Scholasticism|Scholasticists]] who prefered the works of [[Plato]].
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'''Realists''' were [[Scholasticism|Scholasticists]] who prefered the works of [[Plato]] and his belief that univerals existed in their own right. This view was at odds with [[Nominalism]].<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>