Vaisesika Sūtra 8.1.05

sāmānyaviśeṣeṣu sāmānyaviśeṣābhāvāt tata eva jñānam ॥5॥

Among the sāmānya, i.e. generality, and viśeṣa, i.e. particularity, due to the absence of their generality (in particularity) and particularity (in generality), from that alone, knowledge arises.