Being is absolutely and primarily said of substances, and only secondarily and in a certain sense said of accidents
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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Being and essence are the things first conceived of by the intellect 1 0 2Being has two senses: that which is divided into the ten categories and that which signifies the truth of propositions 1 0 2The term essence is taken from being in the first sense 1 0 2Essence too is properly and truly in substances and is in accidents only in a certain way and in a certain sense 1 0 2The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves 1 0 2In created intellectual substances, existence is other than essence 1 0 2Accidents are caused by the essential principles of a thing according to its perfect act or result from an aptitude in the substance 1 0 2In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are taken differently than in substances 1 0 2Essence is found in substances and in accidents 1 0 2The universal intentions of logic are found in substances, accidents, composite substances, and simple ones 1 0 2