Every substance is a nature
Negation: Not every substance is a nature 0 0 0
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If it is true that...
A thing is not intelligible except through its definition and essence 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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Essence signifies something common to all natures through which various beings are placed in various genera and species 1 0 2Some substances are simple and some are composite, and essence is in both 1 0 2The definition of a natural substance contains not only form but also matter 1 0 2The nature understood in this way is not a universal notion 1 0 2The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves 1 0 2The essences of simple substances are form alone and are without matter 1 0 2The essence of a simple substance is form alone 1 0 2Existence received from God allows substances to subsist in the nature of things 1 0 2Substances are composed of what is and that by which it is 1 0 2Essence is found in substances and in accidents 1 0 2