Different grades of perfection in participated forms or natures diversify the species
Negation: Different grades of perfection in participated forms or natures do not diversify the species 0 0 0
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If it is true that...
Different grades of perfection in participated forms or natures diversify the species 1 0 2and
Essence exists in substances composed of matter and form, where existence is both received and limited 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Accidents have incomplete definitions because they cannot be defined without a subject 1 0 2Mentions
St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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Essence signifies something common to all natures through which various beings are placed in various genera and species 1 0 2The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 1 0 2The species, as predicated of the individual, signify everything that is in the individual essentially, although it signifies this indistinctly 1 0 2The nature of the species is indeterminate with respect to the individual just as the nature of the genus is with respect to the species 1 0 2The designation of species with respect to the genus is through form, and the designation of the individual with respect to the species is through matter 1 0 2The intention of genus or species is appropriate to the essence as the essence is signified as a whole 1 0 2The notion of species pertains to human nature according to the existence human nature has in the intellect 1 0 2God possesses all perfections that exist in every genus 1 0 2Immaterial substances have no simple difference except for those species whose essences are composed of matter and form 1 0 2In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are taken differently than in substances 1 0 2