Also known as: Accidentia, Accidens, Non-essential attributes
In Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy, these are attributes or qualities of a substance that do not belong to its essential nature and can change without the substance ceasing to exist. This distinction was crucial in alchemical debates regarding the transformation of matter and the nature of transubstantiation.
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