Single Idea 13277

[catalogued under 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier]

Full Idea

Thus in Aristotle we may think of an object's formal components as a sort of recipe for how to build wholes of that particular kind.

Gist of Idea

The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind

Source

report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Kathrin Koslicki - The Structure of Objects 7.2.5

Book Reference

Koslicki,Kathrin: 'The Structure of Objects' [OUP 2008], p.172


A Reaction

In the elusive business of pinning down what Aristotle means by the crucial idea of 'form', this analogy strikes me as being quite illuminating. It would fit DNA in living things, and the design of an artifact.