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

فاعلم أن الثلاثة الأول يقال لها: الذاتيات، ويقال للآخرين: العرضيات.
Know that the first three are called intrinsic predicables, and the remaining two extrinsic predicables.

Intrinsic: genus, species and differentia, all associated with an essential account (with a technical qualification about species).
Extrinsic: property and common accident, neither of which constitutes the species' essence. This distinction later underlies essential definitions and descriptions.

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Intrinsic and extrinsic predicables

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

فاعلم أن الثلاثة الأول يقال لها: الذاتيات، ويقال للآخرين: العرضيات.
Know that the first three are called intrinsic predicables, and the remaining two extrinsic predicables.

Intrinsic: genus, species and differentia, all associated with an essential account (with a technical qualification about species).
Extrinsic: property and common accident, neither of which constitutes the species' essence. This distinction later underlies essential definitions and descriptions.