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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 Ref
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.280
| 16673 | Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi] |
| 16672 | Quantity is the quantified parts of a thing, plus location and coordination [Olivi] |
| 16599 | Ockham says matter must be extended, so we don't need Quantity [William of Ockham, by Pasnau] |
| 16681 | Matter gets its quantity from condensation and rarefaction, which is just local motion [William of Ockham] |
| 16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
| 16743 | We can get at the essential nature of 'quantity' by knowing bulk and extension [Suárez] |
| 16597 | Quantity is the capacity to be divided [Digby] |
| 16674 | The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton] |
| 16671 | Scholastic Quantity either gives a body parts, or spreads them out in a unified way [Pasnau] |