<logic, definition> latin terms used by medieval logicians in an effort to define a term by indicating the general kind (genus) of things to which it refers and then specifying the special feature (differentia) which sets them apart from other things of the same kind. This usage derives from Aristotle's logic, where the highest kind to which an individual thing belongs is one of the basic categories of being.
[A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names]
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