differentia

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It has also been called by some the differentia numerica, and by Scotists the haecceitas.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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 Saintsbury, George

The Aristotelians said that the differentia must be of the essence of the subject.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

Being without a serviceable differentia, he is unable to mark off the field of psychology from contiguous territory.

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

The qualities which this general differentia has developed in French may now be enumerated.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George