Azamat schrieb:
> John,
> i am sure of your knowingness that the Matter/Form distinction is just a
> short way of Aristotle's division of the ten basic kinds of entities:
> Substance/Properties (Quantity, Quality, Relation, Place, Time, Position,
> State, Change (action, passion)).
> Azamat
> (01)
No it is not! I repeat part of my former mail, and I add one sentence
at the end: (02)
Aristotle distinguishes between
*primary substances*, which are individual property bearers, and
*secondary substances*, which are natural kinds and universals. The
*form-matter* distinction is a distinction between different groups of
secondary substances, and it is a relative distinction. That is, a
form-matter unity can as such be matter for another and overlying form,
form2. When Aristotle presents his list, it is a bit unclear whether
'substance' should mean primary or secondary substance - or both. (03)
Best,
Ingvar (04)
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Ingvar Johansson
IFOMIS, Saarland University
home site: http://ifomis.org/
personal home site:
http://hem.passagen.se/ijohansson/index.html (05)
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