He seems to think that the accidents are real, not an illusion. After all, when we speak of a physical thing today, we are referring to the accidents. We don't even have a concept that corresponds to the medieval idea of substance. And when I put it this way, Catholics often agree with me, and then go merrily back to what seems to me like hyper-literalistic language. Yes, I did not deny that the accidents are really there.
Accidents are what inhere in a substance.
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