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I think the response a Thomist would be based upon the distinction between the one convertible with being and that which is the principle of number (see the Summa I q. 11 a. 1 ad 1). Since the nature exists in a multitude of individuals, it cannot be one in number nor many in number. Considered as one nature, this is the one which is convertible with being.
Commented Apr 4, 2012 on Frege Meets Aquinas: A Passage from De Ente et Essentia at Maverick Philosopher
Frege Meets Aquinas: A Passage from De Ente et Essentia
Here is a passage from Chapter 3 of Thomas Aquinas, On Being and Essence (tr. Robert T. Miller, emphasis added): The nature, however, or the essence thus understood can be considered in two ways. First, we can consider it according to its proper notion, and this is to consider it absolutely. In...
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