In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are taken differently than in substances
Negation: In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are not taken differently than in substances 0 0 0
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Substantial form and matter do not have complete essences individually, but together they form a complete essence 1 0 2and
Accidents are caused by the essential principles of a thing according to its perfect act or result from an aptitude in the substance 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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St Thomas Aquinas/On Being and Essence
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Being is absolutely and primarily said of substances, and only secondarily and in a certain sense said of accidents 1 0 2Essence too is properly and truly in substances and is in accidents only in a certain way and in a certain sense 1 0 2The essence of a genus and the essence of a species differ as signate from non-signate 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 genus, as predicated of the species, includes in its signification everything that is in the species determinately 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 2Accidents are caused by the essential principles of a thing according to its perfect act or result from an aptitude in the substance 1 0 2Differences of accidents can sometimes be taken from their effects 1 0 2