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91Apophatic theology — Via Negativa redirects here. For The X Files episode, see Via Negativa (The X Files). Apophatic theology (from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι apophēmi, to deny ) also known as negative theology or via negativa (Latin for negative way ) is a theology …
92Aquinas, St Thomas — (c. 1225–1274) Born in the castle of Roccasecca in the kingdom of Naples in Southern Italy, into the family of the counts of Aquino, Aquinas was brought up in the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino. At the age of fourteen he was sent to… …
93essence — (Lat., esse, to be) The basic or primary element in the being of a thing; the thing s nature, or that without which it could not be what it is. A thing cannot lose its essence without ceasing to exist, and the essential nature of a natural kind,… …
94topic-neutral — Term originally used by Ryle to refer to terms that occur in sentences about any kind of subject matter. The logical constants are the clearest example. In the subsequent work of Smart, expressions that refer to things are topic neutral if they… …
95character — I (an individual) noun being, body, figure, human, human being, man, mortal, party, person, personage, personality, self determined being, somebody, someone II (personal quality) noun animus, aspects, attribute, bent, characteristic mood,… …
96CORE — I noun backbone, bedrock, body, center, consequence, content, cornerstone, corpus, epitome, essence, fundamentals, gist, gravance, heart, main point, meat, nave, nub, nucleus, prime ingredient, principle, quiddity, quintessence, soul, substance,… …
97being — I (core) noun actuality, center, character, complexion, constituent, entity, essence, identity, individuality, inherence in, intellect, lifeblood, mind, monad, nature, occurrence, presence, psyche, quiddity, reality, root, spirit, substance,… …
98center — I (central position) noun axis, center of gravity, central point, convergence, converging point, core, epicenter, equidistance, eye, focal point, focus, focus of attention, fulcrum, half distance, halfway, media pars, medius, middle, middle… …
99content — I (meaning) noun accepted meaning, aim, basis, bearing, cardinal point, chief constituent, chief part, denotation, design, drift, emphasis, essence, essential matter, essential meaning, essential part, exegesis, explanation, explication,… …
100essence — es·sence / es əns/ n 1: the real or ultimate nature of a thing: the properties that make a thing what it is his award is legitimate only so long as it draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement United Steel Workers v. Enterprise… …
