By contrast, natural minima possess properties characteristic of the substances of which they are the minima.
Properties could, after all, be as particular as the substances of which they are properties.
But, since modes are themselves both ontologically and causally dependent on the substances of which they are affections, they cannot be the individuating principle for them.
In fact, rhino horn is largely composed of keratin, the substance of which our fingernails and hair are made, and has no medicinal properties whatsoever.
She told investigators that she thought the letter, the substance of which is not known, had burned out, only to discover that it had not when she circled back and saw grass and trees ablaze.
In the spring of 1927, Bowen delivered a course of lectures to advanced students in geology at Princeton University, the substance of which was published in 1928 as The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks.
It wasn't a moment too soon: in 2003, Oliveira made "A Talking Picture," the very title of which makes explicit reference to his first-hand experience of modern cinematic marvels, and the substance of which, set in July , 2001 renders it the best movie I've seen that responds to the September 11th attacks.
Given the undisputed fact that law claims authority, the only way to avoid an infinite regress is to assume that the authority of the foundational document or constitution derives from a "basic norm" (Grundnorm in German), the substance of which is something like "the constitution is to be obeyed".
President Obama tried to defuse arguments for military action in a telephone call last month with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the substance of which was confirmed by an Obama administration official who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to describe the conversation.
A particular property instance cannot exist and could not have existed without the substance of which it is a property, but the particular substance can exist and could have existed without that property instance.
Each of these organs produces particular spirits, the substance of which was a rarified fluid constituted of blood and pneuma, and which governed specific biological functions (sense perception and movement, blood flow and bodily temperature; and nutrition and metabolism).
