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quid

In Latin, quid means "what." Heidegger points out that the question about "what something is" is traditionally how academic philosophy has defined "essence."

See page 334.

• Bestand
• fortgewähren
• fortwähren
• gewähren
• Gestell
• herausfordern
• Ursache
• währen
• Wesen

• aition
• apophainesthai
• eidos
• hyle
• legein
• logos
• telos

• causa
• causa efficiens
• causa finalis
• causa formalis
• causa materialis
• quid
• quidditas