Single Idea 11209

[catalogued under 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples]

Full Idea

The simple's whatness is its very self.

Gist of Idea

The simple's whatness is its very self

Source

Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) (Commentary on the Metaphysics [1022], 5.5), quoted by Thomas Aquinas - De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence) p.103

Book Reference

Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.103


A Reaction

Aquinas endorses this Aristotelian view in Idea 11208.

Related Idea

Idea 11208 A simple substance is its own essence [Aquinas]