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in esse

Meaning

In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He attempted to clarify Aquinas's Five Ways (in the Summa Theologica ) by making a distinction between in fieri causes and in esse causes. Source: Internet

In fieri is generally translated as "becoming", while in esse is generally translated as "in essence". Source: Internet

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