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| 16640 | Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative) |
| 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. | |||
| From: Nicholas Hill (Philosophia Epicurea [1610], n 35) | |||
| 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. |