Categories Flashcards
What are categories?
Categories are notion that expresses the mode of a being
Evey created reality is fundamental constituted of
Substance and accident
What is metaphysics?
Metaphysics is a branch in philosophy that studies being
What is being?
Being is that which is.. it is anything that is and anything that can be thought of.
What are the implications of being?
Being as a subject or something:
Beings as an act or perfection.
Types of beings
Real beings
Being of reason
What are real beings
These are beings that exist in reality
What are Beings of reason
These are beings that exist only in our mind
What is esse?
Esse is an act of being.. It is expressed as to be which means all real beings in the world participate in being…
Facts about esse?
- Esse is a universal act because it is common to all real beings
- Esse is a constituent act. It is the basis of all perfection
- Esse is possessed in varying degrees by different things
- Esse “to be” is not the same as “to exist”
What is essence?
Essence is that which makes a thing what it is.
All things have ?????? But each of them has its own ?????
Esse , essence
What is substance?
Substance is that reality to whose essence it is proper to be by itself and not in another ..
What is primary substance…
Primary substance is the individual substance that exist in reality… E.g man ,dog
Secondary substance?
Abstract concept of the essense of the primary substance..