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Full Idea
It is possible that a property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another.
Gist of Idea
A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another
Source
Joan Kung (Aristotle on Essence and Explanation [1977], III)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.367
A Reaction
Thus a love of blues music may be part of your essence, but only a minor part of me. Sounds right. Spin or charge are part of the essence of an electron, but only contingently part of a child's top.
| 11992 | Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung] |
| 11995 | Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties [Kung] |
| 11996 | Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do [Kung] |
| 11993 | Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung] |
| 11997 | A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung] |