Essence too is properly and truly in substances and is in accidents only in a certain way and in a certain sense
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Essence too is properly and truly in substances and is in accidents only in a certain way and in a certain sense 1 0 2and
Some substances are simple and some are composite, and essence is in both 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
In composite substances we find form and matter 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 1 0 2Being is absolutely and primarily said of substances, and only secondarily and in a certain sense said of accidents 1 0 2Some substances are simple and some are composite, and essence is in both 1 0 2The term essence, used with respect to composite substances, signifies that which is composed of matter and form 1 0 2The nature or essence can be considered in two ways: absolutely and according to its existence in this thing or in that 1 0 2The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves 1 0 2Essence exists in substances composed of matter and form, where existence is both received and limited 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 2Essence is found in substances and in accidents 1 0 2Essence is found in composite substances and in simple ones 1 0 2