For example, that which we term ousia is by some called esia, and by others again osia. From Wordnik.com. [Cratylus] Reference
His conception of ousia, or essence, is not an advance upon Plato, but. From Wordnik.com. [Philebus] Reference
This last feature could be put this way in modern terms: if the prote ousia. From Wordnik.com. [Metaphysics] Reference
Aristotle uses ˜(prote) ousia™ not only as a count-noun but as a mass term. From Wordnik.com. [Metaphysics] Reference
What each Form is, what each Form is in its own right, it is in virtue of its essence, ousia. From Wordnik.com. [Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology] Reference
Categories lists substance (ousia) in first place, while the Topics list what-it-is (ti esti). From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Logic] Reference
When we assign to them some predicate, they first begin to have a meaning (onomaton sumploke logou ousia). From Wordnik.com. [Theaetetus] Reference
Hon hai autai energeiai touton kai ousia mia, energeia de huiou kai patros mia hos to; poiesomen anthropon. From Wordnik.com. [Pneumatologia] Reference
˜What is a (prote) ousia™?, but questions like ˜What is the (prote) ousia of Socrates?™ and ˜What is (prote) ousia?™. From Wordnik.com. [Metaphysics] Reference
The word was used by Tertullian in the sense of ousia, and this early. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus] Reference
Athanasius, koinon he ousia; koinon to anarchon. (b) To the Son. e.g. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
On and ousia are only ion with an iota broken off; and ouk on is ouk ion. From Wordnik.com. [Cratylus] Reference
To his Brother Gregory, concerning the difference between ousia and hupostasis. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
And there is reason in the Athenians calling that estia which participates in ousia. From Wordnik.com. [Cratylus] Reference
At the beginning of the fourth century hupostasis was used in the same sense as ousia. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus] Reference
Aristotle, Metaph.vi. 3, 1, says, malista dokei einai ousia to hupokeimenon to proton. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
Gunton argues that, for the Cappadocians, communion and relationship constitute the divine ousia (7). From Wordnik.com. [Der Evangelische Theologe] Reference
On the distinction between ousia and hupostasis see Letters xxxviii., cxxv., and ccxxxvi. and the De Sp. Sancto. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
Thus, while the ousia is not constituted by the divine relationships, we might say that it is defined by those relationships. From Wordnik.com. [Der Evangelische Theologe] Reference
The foundation of a real distinction between the unapproachable essence (ousia) and the approachable energy (energeia) is thus laid. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
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