The nature understood in this way is not a universal notion

Negation: The nature understood in this way is a universal notion 0 0 0

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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 2

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The nature understood in this way is not a universal notion 1 0 2

Then 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 2

Argument #92d7cd59 1 0 2

If it is true that...

The nature understood in this way is not a universal notion 1 0 2

and

The notion of species pertains to human nature according to the existence human nature has in the intellect 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Human nature has in the intellect existence abstracted from all individuals 1 0 2

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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence

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Each of the two natures in Christ possesses its own natural will and its own natural mode of operation 1 0 2 Essence signifies something common to all natures through which various beings are placed in various genera and species 1 0 2 Every substance is a nature 1 0 2 The 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 2 The nature or essence can be considered in two ways: absolutely and according to its existence in this thing or in that 1 0 2 The nature considered absolutely abstracts from every existence, though it does not exclude the existence of anything either 1 0 2 The notion of species pertains to human nature according to the existence human nature has in the intellect 1 0 2 The universality of the form does not arise from the existence the form has in the intellect but rather from its relation to things as a likeness of such things 1 0 2 In every other thing, the thing's existence is one thing, and its essence or quiddity or nature or form is another 1 0 2 We cannot know the nature of what this is precisely 1 0 2