Genus: an essential universal common across distinct species.
Species: an essential universal shared by individuals of one specific kind.
Differentia: an essential distinction of one species from others.
Property: distinctive of one species, but outside essence.
Common accident: outside essence and shared across species.
The next lesson introduces the classical expression ma huwa ('what is it?') and how to respond to questions about a thing's nature.
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The Five Universals: Genus, Species, Differentia, Property, Common Accident
Genus: an essential universal common across distinct species.
Species: an essential universal shared by individuals of one specific kind.
Differentia: an essential distinction of one species from others.
Property: distinctive of one species, but outside essence.
Common accident: outside essence and shared across species.
The next lesson introduces the classical expression ma huwa ('what is it?') and how to respond to questions about a thing's nature.