The intellect invents the notion of species and attributes it to itself

Negation: The intellect does not invent the notion of species and does not attribute it to itself 0 0 0

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Argument #91477e70 1 0 2

If it is true that...

The intellect invents the notion of species and attributes it to itself 1 0 2

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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

Then it must be true that...

Human nature, considered absolutely, is properly predicated of Socrates 1 0 2

Argument #d0069009 1 0 2

If it is true that...

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

and

The intellect invents the notion of species and attributes it to itself 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

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

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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence

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Being and essence are the things first conceived of by the intellect 1 0 2 The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 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 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 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 Humanity is not a species, and animality is not a genus 0 0 2 The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2 The notion of species pertains to human nature according to the existence human nature has in the intellect 1 0 2 Human nature has in the intellect existence abstracted from all individuals 1 0 2 The notions of genus, species, and definition do not apply to the first being due to its simplicity 1 0 1