Ideas of Averroes (Ibn Rushd), by Theme
[Spanish, 1126 - 1198, Born at Cordoba, in Spain. Lived partly in Marrakesh. Became a judge in Seville in 1169.]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
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Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence
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Prime matter falls halfway, as it were, between complete non-existence and actual existence.
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From:
Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (Commentary on 'Physics' [1190], I.70), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.1
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