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| 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. |