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Full Idea
Aristotle's conception of matter permits any kind of matter to become any other kind of matter.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter
Source
report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by David Wiggins - Substance 4.11.2
Book Ref
'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.235
A Reaction
This is obviously crucial background information when we read Aristotle on matter. Our 92+ elements, and fixed fundamental particles, gives a quite different picture. Aristotle would discuss form and matter quite differently now.