In created intellectual substances, existence is other than essence
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In created intellectual substances, existence is other than essence 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Intellectual substances are infinite in an inferior way and finite in a superior way 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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