Single Idea 16640

[catalogued under 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle]

Full Idea

Form is the state and condition of a thing, a result of the connection among its material principles; it is a constituting principle, not an operative one.

Gist of Idea

Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative)

Source

Nicholas Hill (Philosophia Epicurea [1610], n 35)

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.182


A Reaction

Pasnau presents this as a denial of form, but it looks to me like someone fishing for what form could be in a more scientific context. Aristotle would have approved of 'principles'. Hill seems to defend the categorical against the dispositional.