Ousia (Οὐσία), is the Ancient Greek noun formed on the feminine present participle for the Greek verb "to be", εἶναι, (such a participle in English, is "being" along with the Greek term ontic). It is often translated, perhaps incorrectly, into Latin and English as, substantia and essentia. The word can also be translated into Latin as accident though this would be in conflict with the understanding of sumbebekos. Since Aristo… (
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