Humanity is not a species, and animality is not a genus
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If it is true that...
Humanity is not a species, and animality is not a genus 0 0 2and
The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The nature or essence can be considered in two ways: absolutely and according to its existence in this thing or in that 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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