INDIVIDUALITY, a separate and distinct existence. The fact that one thing may be dis tinguished from all others gives individuality its meaning. Whether the distinction is only rela tive or is absolute is disputed among philos ophers. The problem arises out of the difficulty of thinking of any distinctive character of an individual, except its location in space or time, without using general concepts. With Plato the universals alone were real. With Aristotle reality was found in the concrete individual and the universal stood only for an abstraction. The same problem occurs in medimval times, in the discussion of the relation of God, Trinity and man, and in modern times in the question of the relation of the individual to society. For other views of individuality consult Driesch, `Science and Philosophy of the Organism' (London 1908), and Huxley, Individual in the Animal Kingdom) (Cambridge 1912).
the southeastern peninsula of Asia, formerly known as Farther India, in cluding Anam, Burma, Cambodia, Cochin-China, French Indo-China, Tongking (qq.v.) and other
districts.
generic name of the na tive population of Farther India, most of whom belong to the southern branch of the Mongol division of mankind, and speak monosyllabic toned languages of the Indo-Chinese linguistic family. They came partly from the Tibetan plateau (Burmese, Arakanese), and partly from South China (Shans, or Laos, Siamese, An namese). Besides these there is a considerable Caucasic element, numerous especially in Cam bodia, where the dominant people are the Khmers of polysyllabic untoned speech. To the same element belong also the Chains of Lower Cochin-China, perhaps the Talaings of Lower Burma, and numerous smaller groups on the eastern coast range, and along the up lands between the peninsula and South China. Like Hindustan, Farther India has a history of primitive civilization. (For details see ANAM ;