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Episode 17 – Substance and Accident, Act and Potency | Prof. Michael Gorman

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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Substances Subsist

An individual is an instance and also it's something that there can't be an instance of. We're not universals, we're individuals. Second, substances subsist. I mean that looks like to stay barely alive by eating nuts and berries. It doesn't mean that they exist independently in a special sense of independence.

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