The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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The term quiddity means the same as the term essence 1 0 2Essence is also called form, for the certitude of every thing is signified through its form 1 0 2Some substances are simple and some are composite, and essence is in both 1 0 2The essences of simple substances are form alone and are without matter 1 0 2The essence of a simple substance is form alone 1 0 2The essence or quiddity can be understood without understanding anything about its existence 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 2Immaterial substances have no simple difference except for those species whose essences are composed of matter and form 1 0 2Essence exists in substances composed of matter and form, where existence is both received and limited 1 0 2Substantial form and matter do not have complete essences individually, but together they form a complete essence 1 0 2