On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 9:56:39 AM UTC, scerir wrote: > > Aristotle distinguishes two aspects of ordinary things: form and matter. > > Form only exists when it enforms matter. Matter is just potential to be > enformed. > > Aristotle identifies matter with potentiality, form with actuality. > > "For, as we said, word substance has three meanings, form, matter, and the > complex of both and of these three, what is called matter is potentiality, > what is called form actuality." (De Anima, II) > > (According to Heisenberg wavefunctions are "potentialities", at least > before measurements). >
Bruno exudes extreme aversion to "primary matter", and Aristotle, the presumed creator of the concept. But it's hard to see what exactly he objects to. You seem quite erudite on a variety of subjects. Is this a general characteristic of farmers in Italy today? Inquiring minds want to know. AG > Il 26 maggio 2018 alle 10.13 [email protected] <javascript:> ha > scritto: > > What is it according to Aristotle (or whoever is responsible for the > concept), and what is the basis for refuting its existence? -- in 25 words > or less. AG > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
