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Reply Obj. 1: "Substance" here does not stand for the supreme genus condivided with the other genera, but for that likeness to substance which is found in each genus, inasmuch as the first thing in a genus contains the others virtually and is said to be the substance thereof.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Accidents, together with the supreme genus, substance, are the ten
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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