It was early remarked by logicians, that the summum genus in any classification, having no genus superior to itself, could not be defined in this manner.
The incongruity of erecting into a summum genus the class which forms the tenth category is manifest.
To claim that analysis represents the complete normal action of the intellect in reasoning, is ultimately to claim that the initial point of thinking is the summum genus of thought--God.
When this law has been distinctly enunciated, and freed from all intermixture with the contingent, then the work of the metaphysician ceases, the summum genus has been reached.
At one extreme we find the summum genus, comprising the fewest possible attributes distinguishing an idea; at the other extreme we find the individual, comprising any number of attributes.
The higher the generalization, the more inclusive will it be, and the summum genus, or the final generalization, will be the highest attainable reach of knowledge.
The incongruity of erecting into a summum genus the tenth Category is manifest.
In the Patent Office classification of the useful arts, the summum genusis useful arts.
Every genus may be a species to another genus until a point is reached where no further generalization may be made or the summum genus is attained.
The summum genus of the plastic arts would be plastics.
Existence" is that great summum genus which is found in cows, horses, &c.
Then, where they are not really distinct entities these categories are at least aspects so fundamentally distinct and mutually irreducible that each of them is indeed a summum genus immediately under the concept of being in general.
Nor can we discuss the question here in reference to each summum genus of accident separately.
If we take the animal kingdom as our suppositio, Animal is the summum genus; but if we take the whole universe, 'All things' is the summum genus.
The highest class, however, is never a species; wherefore it is called a Summum Genus: and the lowest class is never a genus; wherefore it is called an Infima Species.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "summum genus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
