An intelligence is form and existence

Negation: An intelligence is not form and existence 0 0 0

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Arguments

Argument #c5de5e6c 1 0 2

If it is 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 2

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In the intelligences, there is existence beyond the form 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

An intelligence is form and existence 1 0 2

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Consequences

Argument #7c33ab76 1 0 2

If it is true that...

In the intelligences, there is existence beyond the form 1 0 2

and

An intelligence is form and existence 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Everything that pertains to a thing either is caused by the principles of its own nature or comes from some extrinsic principle 1 0 2

Mentions

St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence

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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 In the intelligences, there is existence beyond the form 1 0 2 The intelligences are form and existence and have existence from the first being, which is existence alone, and this is the first cause, which is God 1 0 2 A quiddity or form that is an intelligence is in potency with respect to the existence that it receives from God, and this received existence is received as its act 1 0 2 There are found in the intelligences both potency and act but not matter and form 1 0 2 Potency and act exist in intelligences 1 0 2 A multitude of intelligences can exist if there is potency in them 1 0 2 Forms closer to matter have no existence without matter 1 0 2 In created intellectual substances, existence is other than essence 1 0 2 Non-intelligent objects cannot act towards an end unless directed by an intelligent being 0 0 1