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'Parmenides', 'De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)' and 'Essence and Potentiality'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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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
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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
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The definition of a physical object must include the material as well as the form [Aquinas]
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Real definition fits abstracta, but not individual concrete objects like Socrates [Vetter]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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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
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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 / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Modal accounts make essence less mysterious, by basing them on the clearer necessity [Vetter]
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