Haecceity

//hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː//

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French

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  • eccéité noun (essence of a particular thing)

Italian

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  • ecceità noun (essence of a particular thing)

Portuguese

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  • hecceidade noun (essence of a particular thing)

Spanish

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  • haecceidad noun (essence of a particular thing)
  • hecceidad noun (essence of a particular thing)

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He [Ignatius of Loyola] ſaith not this of ſome one Church, but of all; nor yet as of an accident proper to thoſe times of the Churches minority; but as of the Notes of every Churches Individuation or Hæcceity as they ſpeak. The Unity of the Church is characteriſed by One Altar, and One Biſhop with the Presbytery and Deacons.

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HÆCCEITY [with Chymiſis] the ſame ſpecifick Eſſence or active Principle, by which a Medicine operates.

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But then, precisely the same distinction is applicable to the Hæcceity itself. For it, too, has its notes of similarity with other Hæcceities, as well as its distinctive notes which add something conceptually distinct from the common Hæcceity.

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The haecceitist's claim that there exist unexemplified haecceities of disjoint objects is an extremely controversial one. Indeed, many of those who accept an ontology which includes properties vehemently deny the existence of even exemplified haecceities.

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