Philosophical concept
Essence and existence
The distinction between essence and existence asks what a thing is and by what it actually exists, refusing to confuse definition with the act of existing.
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The distinction between essence and existence asks what a thing is and by what it actually exists, refusing to confuse definition with the act of existing.
In the current corpus, this annotation connects 23,778 passages across 2 works, including Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologiae. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.
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Works where the concept is identified
- Summa Contra GentilesThomas Aquinas · 455 passages
- Summa TheologiaeThomas Aquinas · 23,323 passages