Meaning of accidens | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).

Examples

“An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]”

“But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens.”

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