ens
noun
an existing or real thing; an entity.
entia
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pluralof ens.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And their objects, the modes and mutual relations of our primae intentiones or direct concepts, are called entia rationis—logical entities.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
All division, distinction and relation are but entia rationis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
These relations are entia rationis, purely logical relations.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Such entities, therefore, differ from entia rationis; they, too, are real beings.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Purely logical distinctions are therefore seen to be a class of purely logical relations, i.e. of those entia rationis which the mind must construct for itself in its effort to understand the real.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
