ousia

Noun

Meaning

(theology) The essential nature or ‘substance’ of God, often as contrasted to the ‘energies’ (external actions and influences) through which he is manifest.

(philosophy) Essence, being.

Examples

The Father is the eternal, infinite and uncreated reality, that the Christ and the Holy Spirit are also eternal, infinite and uncreated, in that their origin is not in the ousia of God, but that their origin is in the hypostasis of God called the Father. Source: Internet

Theory The most natural epithets of Thales are " materialist " and " naturalist ", which are based on ousia and physis. Source: Internet

The etymology of the Greek word parousia is related to para "beside" ousia "presence". Source: Internet

Substance, potentiality and actuality seeAlso Aristotle examines the concepts of substance and essence (ousia) in his Metaphysics (Book VII), and he concludes that a particular substance is a combination of both matter and form. Source: Internet

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