English Dictionary

proprium

名詞

(philosophy) A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.

日本語の意味

種固有の性質：ある種の全ての個体に共通して現れ、その種を同じ属内の他の種と区別するための特性であるが、種の本質や定義の根幹を成すものではない

He regarded the beak shape as a proprium of the species, a property that set it apart from other species in the genus without being part of its essence.

彼はその種のくちばしの形を種特有の性質とみなし、それが属内の他の種と区別するのに役立つが本質の一部ではないと考えた。

意味（1）

(philosophy) A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.

(So you can use a proprium to pick out a species—for example, you could say: “a human is a risible mortal animal”—but, in that case, you aren’t picking out the species by its true definition.)

意味（2）

(theology) selfhood

Man of himself, so far as he is under the influence of his proprium, is worse than the brutes. If man should be led by his own proprium, he could not possibly be saved.

propria （ plural ）