
Episode 17 – Substance and Accident, Act and Potency | Prof. Michael Gorman
Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy
Substance and Accident Are Pair Like Male and Female, Up and Down, Positive and Negative
In the primordial mists of pre-metaphysical thinking, we are dimly aware of stuff. Some of that stuff out there is subsisting and some of it isn't. And wouldn't that just be moving in a circle? The answer is that yes, in a way, it is moving in acircle, but that's okay. Instead, I'm presenting them to you together as a pair. We arrive at both by making a distinction.
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