Humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation

Negation: Humanity does not signify the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 0 0 0

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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 2

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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

Then it must be true that...

Humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 1 0 2

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Argument #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 2

and

Humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

The term man and humanity both signify the essence of man, though in diverse ways 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 Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 1 0 2 The essence is that which is signified by the definition of the thing 1 0 2 The essence of man and the essence of Socrates do not differ except as the signate differs from the non-signate 1 0 2 The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly 1 0 2 The term man and humanity both signify the essence of man, though in diverse ways 1 0 2 The term man signifies the essence as a whole, implicitly and indistinctly containing designation of matter 1 0 2 The term humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 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 Human nature has in the intellect existence abstracted from all individuals 1 0 2