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What is a differentia?

What is a differentia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (semantics) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family.
  2. (taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus.
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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.

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