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Technically, in terms of matter, the dead tiger has the features of a feline and mammal, yet if it is unable to move, or eat, or hunt, or mate, then it cannot be a tiger. It does not have action, therefore it does not have essence. And without essence, it does not have a definition.
On the subject of matter and cognition, Aquinas says: "But matter is not a principle of cognition" (Aquinas, p. 2). Since the principle of cognition states that what you are thinking about must be a being, or it must be "knowable," then matter alone, without form, cannot be a principle of cognition, since matter has no being. You may think that you are thinking about matter alone, particularly when you concentrate on thinking only about matter without form or function, yet I would argue that your human brain cannot even conceptualize matter without any form or function. That would be like imagining what the world would be like if there was no world,...
1) Okay, since categorizing depends upon essence, then a being must have essence, and since essence depends upon matter and form, a being is essence, matter, form, and what else? Otherwise it's just essence. Moreover, how do we differentiate soul from essence, since essence could be defined as "the actuality of matter." In my opinion, any creature that can sense and feel has a soul, or actuality of body, and anything else can only have an essence because it can only actualize matter and not a sensing body.
References
Aquinas, Thomas. "On Being and Essence." Miller, Robert. Medieval Sourcebook. 1997.
As we have seen, according to this theory, life has developed independently from Earth elements and was only determined by comet conditions. As such, it is not at all out of place and irrational to suggest that this is something that may happen on other planets as well. Comets bombarding other planets may seed life much the same way it is believed they have on Earth four billion years
Origin of Life on Earth At present, scientists are still in search of the answer to how life originated on Earth. Until now, they are continuously studying several kinds of facts and are carrying on with their research. At the moment, there are 3 competing theories on the origin of life on Earth i.e. The Panspermia Theory, The Heterotrophic Theory and the Autotrophic Theory. The Panspermia Theory The Panspermia Theory was proposed
Alien Life on Earth Scientists believe that all known life forms descended from a single common ancestor, a microbe that lived approximately 3.5 -- 3.8 billion years ago. Their belief is based on an understanding that all life forms have liquid water as their foundation, and they contain the same "building blocks" (Toomey 26). Researchers in the new field of synthetic biology have raised questions about another kind of living
A more controversial theory regarding the origins of life is that it began deep under the ocean near thermal vents. These vents, first discovered in 1979, release extremely hot gases from below the Earth's crust into water that is near freezing (Duke). The mixture of the gas and the temperatures creates a gradient around the vents that is ideal for the formation of organic molecules. There is a flourishing ecosystem
Plato's creates a dialog between Phaedo, Cebes, and Simmias in order to depict Socrates explanation as to why death should not be feared by a true philosopher. Plato's goal is to communication his belief that if a person truly applies oneself in the right way to philosophy, which is understood as the pursuit of ultimate truth, then they are preparing themselves for the very act of dying. Through Socrates, Plato
First Peoples of the Americas and Their Times of Arrival According to Geologists and Meteorologists One of the earliest known inhabitants of the New World, or the Americas, which eventually became the United States of America, are said to be the Indians that originated from Asia. Studies have shown that the first people of America came during the end of the Ice Age. These first inhabitants came by way of