Formal and Proper: Substantial Form and Essential Accidents in Thomas Aquinas

Aquinas, following Aristotle, distinguishes between substances and their accidents: that is, between things and their attributes. He also distinguishes between proper accidents (also known as properties in Scholastic terminology) and accidental accidents, that is, between accidents that belong to a...

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Main Author: Shields, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2025, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18
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