The nature considered absolutely abstracts from every existence, though it does not exclude the existence of anything either
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If it is true that...
The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2and
The nature or essence can be considered in two ways: absolutely and according to its existence in this thing or in that 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The nature considered absolutely abstracts from every existence, though it does not exclude the existence of anything either 1 0 2Opposing Arguments
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Argument #57481465 1 0 2
If it is true that...
The nature considered absolutely abstracts from every existence, though it does not exclude the existence of anything either 1 0 2and
The nature understood in this way is not a universal notion 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The notion of species pertains to human nature according to the existence human nature has in the intellect 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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