There exists at least one thing in which its existence and its essence or quiddity or nature or form are the same
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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 2Citations
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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 2The nature or essence can be considered in two ways: absolutely and according to its existence in this thing or in that 1 0 2The essences or quiddities of simple substances are not other than the forms themselves 1 0 2The essence or quiddity can be understood without understanding anything about its existence 1 0 2Existence is something other than the essence or quiddity, unless there is something whose quiddity is its very own 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 2Everything the existence of which is other than its own nature has existence from another 1 0 2There is something that is the cause of existing in all things in that this thing is existence only 1 0 2Essence exists in substances composed of matter and form, where existence is both received and limited 1 0 2