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Single Idea 11201
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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Full Idea
Incidental properties have an incomplete essence, and need to refer in their definitions to their subject, lying outside their own genus.
Gist of Idea
Properties have an incomplete essence, with definitions referring to their subject
Source
Thomas Aquinas (De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence) [1267], p.93)
Book Ref
Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.93
A Reaction
These are 'incidental' properties, but it is a nice question whether properties have essences. Presumably they must have if they are universals, or platonic Forms. The notion of being 'strong' can be defined without specific examples.
The
14 ideas
from 'De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)'
13090
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The principle of diversity for corporeal substances is their matter
[Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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13070
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If definitions must be general, and general terms can't individuate, then Socrates can't be defined
[Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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11205
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If the form of 'human' contains 'many', Socrates isn't human; if it contains 'one', Socrates is Plato
[Aquinas]
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11206
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The mind constructs complete attributions, based on the unified elements of the real world
[Aquinas]
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11207
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A cause can exist without its effect, but the effect cannot exist without its cause
[Aquinas]
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11208
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A simple substance is its own essence
[Aquinas]
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11196
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Essence is something in common between the natures which sort things into categories
[Aquinas]
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11197
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The definitions expressing identity are used to sort things
[Aquinas]
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11195
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If affirmative propositions express being, we affirm about what is absent
[Aquinas]
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11198
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Definition of essence makes things understandable
[Aquinas]
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11201
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Properties have an incomplete essence, with definitions referring to their subject
[Aquinas]
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11200
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The definition of a physical object must include the material as well as the form
[Aquinas]
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11202
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It is by having essence that things exist
[Aquinas]
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11203
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Specific individual essence is defined by material, and generic essence is defined by form
[Aquinas]
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