Brother Adam Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 What is the relationship between the essance and the specific? Better put, if trees ceased to exist, would "treeness" or the essance, cease to exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 LOL This was the topic of an entire lecture in philosophy class...and we used a tree as the example... I think it's up for philosophical debate. It really depends on what makes "treeness" a category. If what makes it a category is the existence of actual trees, then the essence would not exist if there were no trees. However, if what makes it a category is a specific series of characteristics (leafy, woody, complex root system, etc.) then the category could exist even without actual trees because a person, knowing of these individual characteristics from various other sources, could conceive of what we know to be a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Aug 8 2004, 02:08 AM'] What is the relationship between the essance and the specific? Better put, if trees ceased to exist, would "treeness" or the essance, cease to exist? [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 I've often wonder if we ourselves are kind of "transubstantiated" by the Eucharist. I know that sounds strange, and you know I submit to the Church... But we become the Body of Christ through the Eucharist. If Jesus was God with the "accidents" of a man, and if the Eucharist is God with the "accidents" of bread and wine...are we the Body of Christ with our own individual accidents? Probably not, I know, but I have wondered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnanc Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 (edited) I don't know any philosophy but that tree thing sounds really interesting Edited August 10, 2004 by slywakka250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Just reading the question made my brain hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 the topic would be more fun if where you wrote "tree" you'd have written "chocolate" instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 ditto to what hsmom said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Not to digress, but my sister useta work in a chocolate factory. Guess what her job was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 taster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 You bunch of Philosophical amatuars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 yup! that's us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwergel88 Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 [quote]Just reading the question made my brain hurt.[/quote] me too, and this whole tree coversation kinda scares me, really freaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 oh, and btw, i believe the title of this thread is misleading, because it implies there is fun to be had. :nono: it is wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 I majored in literature for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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