Accidents are caused by either the form or matter of a substance
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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 2In composite substances we find form and matter 1 0 2The definition of a natural substance contains not only form but also matter 1 0 2Accidents have incomplete definitions because they cannot be defined without a subject 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 2In accidents, the genus, difference, and species are taken differently than in substances 1 0 2Differences of accidents can sometimes be taken from their effects 1 0 2Essence is found in substances and in accidents 1 0 2The universal intentions of logic are found in substances, accidents, composite substances, and simple ones 1 0 2