Religion Chapter 2 Flashcards
Persists over time, may come into existence or cease to exist, may be uncreated or indestructible but it has an emended existence over time
Durability
Essences are eternal
Infinity
Property or properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is
Necessity
Transcendent, existing independently
Absolute
Existence is not dependent on other things, exists independently, can be separated from other things that exist
Separability
Attribute that may or may not belong to a subject, without affecting its essence
Accidents
Cannot be changed, if the essence of something were to change it would no longer be that essence
Immutability
God is 3
The source of existence and essence
That a thing is
Existence
What a thing is, the essential nature underlying a phenomena
Substance
member of a certain kind
Identity
Essence ceases to be when it is broken apart
Indivisibility
The act of being
Esse
God is 1
The Pure Act of Being
What a thing is, the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without loses its identity
Essence