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Single Idea 16085

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay]

Full Idea

The last [primary] matter and the shape-form [morphe] are the same and a unity, the one in potentiality and the other in actuality.

Gist of Idea

Primary matter and form make a unity, one in potentiality, the other in actuality

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1045b19)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.250


A Reaction

This seems to be exactly the statue/clay problem, that they have different modal properties, although coinciding in actuality.