In every other thing, the thing's existence is one thing, and its essence or quiddity or nature or form is another
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If it is true that...
The essence or quiddity can be understood without understanding anything about its existence 1 0 2and
Existence is something other than the essence or quiddity, unless there is something whose quiddity is its very own existence 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
In every other thing, the thing's existence is one thing, and its essence or quiddity or nature or form is another 1 0 2Opposing Arguments
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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