Existence received from God allows substances to subsist in the nature of things
Negation: Existence received from God does not allow substances to subsist in the nature of things 0 0 0
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If it is true that...
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 2and
There are found in the intelligences both potency and act but not matter and form 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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