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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Thomas Jefferson and Julio Cesare Vanini

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

16591	Prime matter is nothing but its parts [Vanini]
	Full Idea: The whole of prime matter, considered as prime matter, is nothing other than its parts.
	From: Julio Cesare Vanini (Amphitheatrum [1615], Ex 5:p.28), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.2
	A reaction: This is a late scholastic writer rejecting the traditional (and obscure) prime matter with the new corpuscularian approach. It signals the end of the Greek concept of matter.