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Episode 13 – The Distinction of Essence and Existence | Prof. Edward Feser

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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Hierarchical Causal Series

If A is something whose essence is distinct from its existence, I refer to A as he, but it could be anything. It doesn't matter exactly what we're talking about here. So B, here and now, will require a cause of his own, which we might label A. And of course, what was said about C and B will apply also to A. If Al gets Bob and Bob gets Chuck, Chuck can go on to beguette a son of his own,. regardless of whether Bob, Al or any earlier member of the series continues to exist.

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