Single Idea 16671

[catalogued under 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object]

Full Idea

On one version of Quantity realism it is what makes a body have parts; on another version, it is what makes the body's parts be spread out in a continuous and unified way.

Gist of Idea

Scholastic Quantity either gives a body parts, or spreads them out in a unified way

Source

Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 14.1)

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.280