Its differentia is that which separates it from the unit of common humanity. |
It is the possession of these, above all, which constitutes the differentia of man. |
Moreover, the definition of the differentia may be predicated of that of which the differentia itself is predicated. |
In the same manner, matter has been regarded prior to form, and genus to differentia. |
It has to be compared with the views of some other philosophers in order for its specifica differentia to come out clearly. |
The formula that gives the components is the account of the matter, and the formula that gives the differentia is the account of the form. |