Forms closer to matter have no existence without matter
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If it is true that...
Forms closer to matter have no existence without matter 1 0 2and
God's essence is his existence itself 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
God is not in a genus because his essence is not other than his existence 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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