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'fragments/reports', 'De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)' and 'Aristotle on Essence and Explanation'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
11202
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It is by having essence that things exist [Aquinas]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
11203
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Specific individual essence is defined by material, and generic essence is defined by form [Aquinas]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
11196
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Essence is something in common between the natures which sort things into categories [Aquinas]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
11208
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A simple substance is its own essence [Aquinas]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993
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Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997
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A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992
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Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
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