And if it be not his by inhesion, it can be his no other way but by imputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Justification by Faith] Reference
Now, it is not required of the severest judge, that, as a judge, he should hate the guilty person, no, although he be guilty originally by inhesion, and not by imputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Justification by Faith] Reference
But it is intelligible and consistent to say, that objects exist distinct and independent, without any common simple substance or subject of inhesion. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
A substance, in contrast with an accident, is a being which subsists in itself, and does not merely inhere in another being as in a subject of inhesion. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
In order to put a stop to these endless cavils on both sides, I know no better method, than to ask these philosophers in a few words, What they mean by substance and inhesion?. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
To apply this to the present case; there are two different systems of being presented, to which I suppose myself under. t necessity of assigning some substance, or ground of inhesion. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
Nor would the accidents thus separated, and supernaturally supported, lose their character as accidents, since they would still retain their essential property, i.e. natural exigence of inhesion. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Both kinds of form, it may be noted, though they specify their resultant essences, or quasi-essences, are individuated by the quantified matter in the one case, and the subject of inhesion in the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
It should be noted that while accidents by inhesion modify substance, they are witnesses to its nature, being the medium whereby the mind, through a process of abstraction and inference, builds its analogical concepts of the constitution of substances. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
And then, lastly, for the gift of prophecy, and foretelling future events; neither was this in the soul by constant inhesion and habitual abode; but (as we may not unfitly express it) only by sudden strictures, by transient immissions, and representations of the ideas of things future, to the imagination. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II.] Reference
The notion of accidents is an unavoidable consequence of this method of thinking with regard to substances and substantial forms; nor can we forbear looking upon colours, sounds, tastes, figures, and other properties of bodies, as existences, which cannot subsist apart, but require a subject of inhesion to sustain and support them. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
A stop to these endless cavils on both sides, I know no better method, than to ask these philosophers in a few words, What they mean by substance and inhesion?. From Wordnik.com. [A treatise of human nature] Reference
We have, therefore, no idea of inhesion. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
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