Ideas from 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation' by Joan Kung [1977], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Philosophical Studies' (ed/tr -) [- ,]].

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

11993

Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

11997

A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

11992

Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

11995

Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties

11996

Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do