LessonsThe Five Predicables: Differentia, Property, Common Accident, Essential and Accidental AttributesQuiz

الكلي الرابع الخاصة، وهو كلي خارج عن حقيقة الأفراد، محمول على أفراد واقعة تحت حقيقة واحدة فقط، كالضاحك للإنسان والكاتب له.
The fourth predicable is property: a universal external to the essence of individuals but predicable only of individuals under one species, such as the capacity to laugh or write in relation to humans.

Two conditions matter:
1. The feature is not a constituent of the species' essence.
2. It belongs peculiarly to that specified species.

'External' here means outside the definition of essence, not unrelated to the subject.

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Definition of property (khassah)

The Five Predicables: Differentia, Property, Common Accident, Essential and Accidental Attributes

الكلي الرابع الخاصة، وهو كلي خارج عن حقيقة الأفراد، محمول على أفراد واقعة تحت حقيقة واحدة فقط، كالضاحك للإنسان والكاتب له.
The fourth predicable is property: a universal external to the essence of individuals but predicable only of individuals under one species, such as the capacity to laugh or write in relation to humans.

Two conditions matter:
1. The feature is not a constituent of the species' essence.
2. It belongs peculiarly to that specified species.

'External' here means outside the definition of essence, not unrelated to the subject.