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<p>An <b>accident</b> (<a href="page.php?w=Ancient_Greek">Greek</a> <i>??u???????</i>), in <a href="page.php?w=metaphysics">metaphysics</a> and <a href="page.php?w=philosophy">philosophy</a>, is a property that the entity or substance has <a href="page.php?w=metaphysical_contingency">contingently</a>, without which the substance can still retain its identity. An accident does not affect its <a href="page.php?w=essence">essence</a>, according to many philosophers. It does not mean an "<a href="page.php?w=accident">accident</a>" as used in common</p><p>
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