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Haecceity logo #10101) Center 2) Core 3) Essence 4) Gist 5) Heart 6) Heart and soul 7) Inwardness 8) Kernel 9) Marrow 10) Meat 11) Nitty-gritty 12) Pith 13) Quiddity 14) Substance
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Haecceity

Haecceity logo #21000 Haecceity (-; from the Latin haecceitas, which translates as `thisness`) is a term from medieval scholastic philosophy, first coined by Duns Scotus, which denotes the discrete qualities, properties or characteristics of a thing which make it a particular thing. Haecceity is a person or object`s `thisness`, the individualising difference betwe...
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haecceity

haecceity logo #22641aspect of existence on which individuality depends
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Haecceity

Haecceity logo #21002• Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.
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Haecceity

Haecceity logo #21203(Lat. haecceitas, literally thisness) A term employed by Duns Scotus to express that by which a quiddity, or general essence, becomes an individual, particular nature, or being. That incommunicable nature which constitutes the individual difference, or individualizes singular beings belonging to a class; hence his principle of individuation. -- J.....
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