differentia

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The essential property, the "differentia essentialis," of genuine love, as its nature requires fervency, is the fact that it cannot be embittered.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas

Non enim animal potest esse absque rationali vel irrationali differentia, quamvis sine his differentiis consideretur; licet enim cogitetur universale absque additione, non tamen absque receptibilitate additionis est.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Egotism is Montaigne’s note, his differentia, in the world of literature.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Swift and Chatterton, with all their vast talents, wanted, we think, the fine differentia, and the genial element of real poetic genius.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

It is presupposed, of course, that the behavior with which psychology is concerned is of a distinctive sort; but the differentia is unfortunately the very thing that the "behaviorist" has hitherto left out of account.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.