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
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Argument #6e48e44d 1 0 2
If it is true that...
The essence of a composite thing is not the composite thing itself, even if the essence is composite 1 0 2and
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 2Then it must be true that...
Humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 1 0 2Argument #c67d26a9 1 0 2
If it is true that...
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 2and
Humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The term man and humanity both signify the essence of man, though in diverse ways 1 0 2Mentions
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 2The essence of a genus and the essence of a species differ as signate from non-signate 1 0 2The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 1 0 2The genus is taken from the matter as signifying the whole 1 0 2The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly 1 0 2The 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 2The genus, as predicated of the species, includes in its signification everything that is in the species determinately 1 0 2The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2Different grades of perfection in participated forms or natures diversify the species 1 0 2In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are taken differently than in substances 1 0 2