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Ideas for Hermarchus, Christian Wolff and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

11209	The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]
	Full Idea: The simple's whatness is its very self.
	From: Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) (Commentary on the Metaphysics [1022], 5.5), quoted by Thomas Aquinas - De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence) p.103
	A reaction: Aquinas endorses this Aristotelian view in Idea 11208.