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Definition — Part IV

Latin

Res singulares voco contingentes quatenus dum ad earum solam essentiam attendimus, nihil invenimus quod earum existentiam necessario ponat vel quod ipsam necessario secludat.

English (Elwes 1883)

Particular things I call contingent in so far as, while regarding their essence only, we find nothing therein, which necessarily asserts their existence or excludes it.

Modern English

I call particular things contingent insofar as, attending only to their essence, we find nothing that necessarily posits their existence or necessarily excludes it.

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