The term quiddity means the same as the term essence
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The term quiddity means the same as the term essence 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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The term essence is taken from being in the first sense 1 0 2Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 1 0 2The term quiddity is taken from the fact that this is what is signified by the definition 1 0 2The essence is that which is signified by the definition of the thing 1 0 2The term essence, used with respect to composite substances, signifies that which is composed of matter and form 1 0 2The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves 1 0 2The essence or quiddity can be understood without understanding anything about its existence 1 0 2Existence is something other than the essence or quiddity, unless there is something whose quiddity is its very own existence 1 0 2In every other thing, the thing's existence is one thing, and its essence or quiddity or nature or form is another 1 0 2A quiddity or form that is an intelligence is in potency with respect to the existence that it receives from God, and this received existence is received as its act 1 0 2