Ch 12 - "God Not Contained Under Any Genus" from "The Compendium of Theology" by St. Thomas Aquinas
Caput 12 Quod Deus non est in aliquo genere sicut species
CHAPTER 12 GOD NOT CONTAINED UNDER ANY GENUS
Hinc autem apparet quod Deus non sit in aliquo genere sicut species. Nam differentia addita generi constituit speciem, ergo cuiuslibet speciei essentia habet aliquid additum supra genus. Sed ipsum esse, quod est essentia Dei, nihil in se continet, quod sit alteri additum. Deus igitur non est species alicuius generis.
We infer from the above that God is not contained as a species within any genus. Species is constituted by specific difference added to genus. Hence the essence of any species possesses something over and above its genus. But existence itself, ipsum esse, which is God’s essence, does not comprise within itself any factor that is added to some other factor. Accordingly God is not a species of any genus.
Item. Cum genus contineat differentias potestate, in omni constituto ex genere et differentiis est actus permixtus potentiae. Ostensum est autem Deum esse purum actum absque permixtione potentiae. Non est igitur eius essentia constituta ex genere et differentiis; et ita non est in genere.
Furthermore, since genus potentially contains specific differences, in every being composed of genus and differences, act is commingled with potency. But we have shown that God is pure act without any commingling of potency. (Cf. chap. 9.) Therefore His essence is not composed of genus and differences; and so He is not in any genus.
It would be "being +______"
sensuality
rationality
metabolism
etc
God would be being +??

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