6 ideas
| 16655 | Different genera are delimited by modes of predication, which rest on modes of being [Aquinas] |
| 15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
| 15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
| 15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
| 23261 | A people, not government, creates a constitution, which is essential for legitimacy [Paine] |
| 15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |