The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly

Negation: The species, as predicated of the individual, does not signify everything that is in the individual essentially, or it signifies this distinctly 0 0 0

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Argument #13c06b1a 1 0 2

If it is true that...

The genus is taken from the matter as signifying the whole 1 0 2

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The difference is taken from the form as signifying the whole 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly 1 0 2

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Argument #1b598846 1 0 2

If it is true that...

The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly 1 0 2

and

The nature of the species is indeterminate with respect to the individual just as the nature of the genus is with respect to the species 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

The genus, as predicated of the species, includes in its signification everything that is in the species determinately 1 0 2

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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 2 The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 1 0 2 The definition or the species signifies the whole 1 0 2 The genus is taken from the matter as signifying the whole 1 0 2 The nature of the species is indeterminate with respect to the individual just as the nature of the genus is with respect to the species 1 0 2 The genus, as predicated of the species, includes in its signification everything that is in the species determinately 1 0 2 The designation of species with respect to the genus is through form, and the designation of the individual with respect to the species is through matter 1 0 2 The term man signifies the essence as a whole, implicitly and indistinctly containing designation of matter 1 0 2 The intentions of genus or species or difference are predicated of this signate singular 1 0 2 The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2