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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

A Reaction

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

The 4 ideas from Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

15036 An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]
11193 Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]
11204 The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]
11209 The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]