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

وللفصل نسبة إلى النوع، فيسمى مقوما؛ لدخوله في قوام النوع وحقيقته.
In relation to a species, differentia is called constitutive because it enters into the species' constitution and essence.

Rational is constitutive (muqawwim) of human. It is a defining element in the classical analysis of the species, not an accidental event that happens to particular humans.

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Differentia as constitutive

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

وللفصل نسبة إلى النوع، فيسمى مقوما؛ لدخوله في قوام النوع وحقيقته.
In relation to a species, differentia is called constitutive because it enters into the species' constitution and essence.

Rational is constitutive (muqawwim) of human. It is a defining element in the classical analysis of the species, not an accidental event that happens to particular humans.