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Single Idea 11204

[filed under theme 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object ]

Full Idea

The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness.

Gist of Idea

The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness

Source

Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) (Commentary on the Metaphysics [1022], 11/12.14), quoted by Thomas Aquinas - De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)

Book Ref

Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.97

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A Reaction

This remark is not invalidated by developments in modern particle physics.