Additionally, motion was part of the definition of matter and was, therefore, an aspect of its nominal essence.
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Toland employed the distinction between nominal and real essences to claim that God provided humanity the capacity to know only the nominal essences of the created world.
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A nominal definition is the definition explaining what a word means, i . e . which says what the " nominal essence " is, and is definition in the classical sense as given above.
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This led medieval logicians to distinguish between what they called the " quid nominis " or " whatness of the name ", and the underlying nature common to all the things it names, which they called the " quid rei " or " whatness of the thing " . ( Early modern philosophers like Locke used the corresponding English terms " nominal essence " and " real essence " ).
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