Existence viewed as a property possessed by anything; substance, constitution, nature.
| 单词 | θ82759 |
| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > substantiality or subsistence > substance or being (8) being1340 Existence viewed as a property possessed by anything; substance, constitution, nature. substance1340 Philosophy. A being that subsists by itself; a distinct individual entity; (also gen.) a thing, being. Cf. also thinking substance n. at thinking… essencea1398 ‘Constituent substance’ (Johnson). materialitya1529 That which constitutes the matter or material of something. Contrasted with formality, n. 1. Obsolete. stuff1587 transferred and figurative. The substance or ‘material’ (whether corporeal or incorporeal) of which a thing is formed or consists, or out of which… subject1590 The substance of which a thing consists or from which it is made. Cf. matter, n.1 18a, subject matter, n. 1. Now historical and rare. timber1612 Building material generally; material for the construction of houses, ships, etc., or (in extended sense) of any manufactured article; the matter or… primary substance1774 (esp. in Aristotelian thought) a distinct individual entity, to which properties and attributes can be ascribed; = substance, n. 2; cf. substance, n.… |
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