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Ideas from 'Commentary on 'Physics'' by Averroes (Ibn Rushd) [1190], by Theme Structure

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
16587 Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence
                        Full Idea: Prime matter falls halfway, as it were, between complete non-existence and actual existence.
                        From: Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (Commentary on 'Physics' [1190], I.70), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.1
                        A reaction: This sounds ridiculous, but if something 'comes into existence', might that take time, with a transitional phase? Why would it be all-or-nothing? Or is all existence eternal?