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    Thomas Aquinas begins his work On Being and Essence with the phrase "A small mistake in the beginning is a big one in the end." He is quoting Aristotle, who said this in reference to understanding the concepts of being and essence. Aquinas believes that if one has even a small misunderstanding of being and essence at the start, it will lead to much larger mistakes downstream, so defining these fundamental concepts accurately is important.

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    Thomas Aquinas begins his work On Being and Essence with the phrase "A small mistake in the beginning is a big one in the end." He is quoting Aristotle, who said this in reference to understanding the concepts of being and essence. Aquinas believes that if one has even a small misunderstanding of being and essence at the start, it will lead to much larger mistakes downstream, so defining these fundamental concepts accurately is important.

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    Thomas Aquinas begins his work On Being and Essence with the phrase "A small mistake in the beginning is a big one in the end." He is quoting Aristotle, who said this in reference to understanding the concepts of being and essence. Aquinas believes that if one has even a small misunderstanding of being and essence at the start, it will lead to much larger mistakes downstream, so defining these fundamental concepts accurately is important.

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    Своје дело De ente et essentia Тома Аквински започиње речима:

    Parvus error in principio magnus est in fine.

    (парвус ерор ин принципио магнус ест ин фине) провери

    Томас Аквински, De ente et essentia, Prooemium 1


    (Aquinas on Being and Essence)

    1. A small mistake in the beginning is a big one in the end, according to the Philosopher in
    the first book of On the Heavens and the Earth. And as Ibn-Sînâ says in the beginning of his
    Metaphysics, being and essence are what is first conceived by the intellect.

    When we make a small mistake at the beginning (parvus error in principio) in our
    understanding of being and its essence, it will turn to be a big one in the end (magnus in
    fine).

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