Which Essence Is Brought Into Being by the Existential Act?

The Thomist 81 (4):471-505 (2017)
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I argue that the essence that is actualized by existence is the essence that is a determinate nature in an individual and not the essence absolutely considered. This essence in individuals has a potential being that is actualized by existence. This thesis has important consequences for the essence/existence distinction in Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas M. Osborne
University of St. Thomas, Texas

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