green numbers give full details.     |    back to list of philosophers     |     unexpand these ideas

---

Ideas of Julio Cesare Vanini, by Text

[Italian, 1585 - 1619, Wandering scholar, critical of Christian doctrine and scholasticism.]

1615	Amphitheatrum

Ex 5:p.28	p.40	16591	Prime matter is nothing but its parts
			Full Idea: The whole of prime matter, considered as prime matter, is nothing other than its parts.
			From: Julio Cesare Vanini (Amphitheatrum [1615], Ex 5:p.28), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.2
			A reaction: This is a late scholastic writer rejecting the traditional (and obscure) prime matter with the new corpuscularian approach. It signals the end of the Greek concept of matter.