The term essence is sometimes predicated of the thing and sometimes denied of the thing
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If it is true that...
The term man signifies the essence as a whole, implicitly and indistinctly containing designation of matter 1 0 2and
The term humanity signifies the essence of man as a part, excluding all designation 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The term essence is sometimes predicated of the thing and sometimes denied of the thing 1 0 2Opposing Arguments
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Argument #da5bd236 1 0 2
If it is true that...
The term essence is sometimes predicated of the thing and sometimes denied of the thing 1 0 2and
The intentions of genus or species or difference are predicated of this signate singular 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Rationality is not the difference but the principle of the difference 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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The term essence is taken from being in the first sense 1 0 2Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 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 2Matter alone is not the essence of the thing 1 0 2Form alone is not the essence of a composite thing 1 0 2The essence is that which is signified by the definition of the thing 1 0 2The essence of a composite thing is not the composite thing itself, even if the essence is composite 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 2In every other thing, the thing's existence is one thing, and its essence or quiddity or nature or form is another 1 0 2Essence exists in substances composed of matter and form, where existence is both received and limited 1 0 2