differentia
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“Animal” names the general class, and “reasoning” is the differentia which separates “man” from other “animals.”
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
A logical definition consists, then, of two parts: the general term naming the genus, and the limiting term naming the distinguishing attribute called the differentia.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
It would be difficult to find a stronger differentia from the work of the mere playwright, who invariably thinks first of the temporary conditions of success, and accordingly loses the success which is not temporary.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
If one of them only has this differentia, then this one is composite and is not the first cause.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
The same is true of the differentia individua as compared with the natura specifica in the abstract.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Yet this is not peculiar to substance, for it is also the case that differentiae cannot be present in subjects.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
Similarly the differentiae are predicated of the species and of the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
But it is also essential to the understanding of this thesis that the differentiae of the hereditary factor should be clearly grasped.
From Evolution in Modern Thought by August Weismann
Some few diseases are, however, unequivocally referred to as infectious in a limited number of passages, e. g. ophthalmia, scabies, and phthisis in the περι διαφορας πυρετων, On the differentiae of fevers, K. vii, p.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
Similarly, the definition of the differentiae will be applicable to the species and to the individuals.
From The Categories by E. M. Edghill
