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The influence of Greek ideas and usages upon the Christian church

Note 551 — Lecture IX. GREEK AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. III. God as the Supreme Being.

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οὐσία δέ ἐστιν ἡ κυριώτατά τε καὶ πρώτως καὶ μάλιστα λεγομένη ἣ μήτε καθ’ ὑποκειμένου τινὸς λέγεται μήτε ἐν ὑποκειμένῳ τινί ἐστιν· οἷον ὁ τὶς ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ τὶς ἵππος, Categ. 5, p. 2 a: but in the Metaphysics a different point of view is taken, and the term πρώτη οὐσία is used in the following sense, i.e. of the form, e.g. 6, 11, p. 1037.

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