accidens

A church that is only blessed has no right to this anniversary feast unless per accidens, that is, when it is included in the special indult granted for the simultaneous celebration of the anniversaries of all the churches in a district or diocese.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

One was, “Because that may be a sin per accidens, which is not so in itself, and may be unlawfully commanded, though that accident be not in the command.”

Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton Rich'd Hooker George Herbert etc Walton, Izaak 1898

The origins of this distinction can be found in Aristotle (An.Pr. I. 15, 34b7-18), but Kilwardby of course uses his own per se/per accidens terminology to spell out the difference.

The Statue of a Writer 2009

During the Middle Ages, (1: 1) was called an accidental (per accidens) conversion and (1: 2) and (1: 3) simple

The Statue of a Writer 2009

Unde et quae concupiscimus, simpliciter quidem et proprie desiderare dicimur, non autem amare, sed potius nos ipsos, quibus ea concupiscimus: et hoc ipsa per accidens et improprie dicuntur amari.

Quitting Smoking 2009

The second solution is based on a distinction between sentences that are necessary per se and those that are necessary per accidens.

The Statue of a Writer 2009

When it is said: ˜Every literate being is necessarily a human being™, the subject is not something that can be said per se of the predicate, but since ˜literate being™ is not separated from what belongs to a human being in itself, the sentence is conceded as necessary, though when a sentence is necessary in this way it is necessary per accidens.

The Statue of a Writer 2009

Necessity per accidens belongs to all other necessity sentences, which lack this intrinsic relation between subject and predicate.

The Statue of a Writer 2009

The idea is here that since ˜human being™ is not predicated per se of its subject ˜literate being™, the sentence (5: 1) is not a per se necessity sentence and therefore not convertible. (5: 1) is a necessity sentence, though of the per accidens type, since it is necessarily true only in the sense that being human and being literate are not separable.

The Statue of a Writer 2009

An absolutely assertoric sentence involves a per se predication whereas an as-of-now assertoric sentence involves a per accidens predication.

The Statue of a Writer 2009