Single Idea 11338

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon]

Full Idea

Hupokeimenon: subject, underlying thing, substratum [cf. Tode ti]

Gist of Idea

Hupokeimenon: subject, underlying thing [cf. Tode ti]

Source

PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 47)


A Reaction

Literally 'that which lies under'. Latin version is 'substratum'. In Aristotle it is the problem, of explaining what lies under. It is not the theory that there is some entity called a 'substratum'.