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[from 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' by Robert Pasnau, in 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance ]

Full Idea

Scholastic texts are rife with different senses of 'substantia', using the term to refer, among other things, both to thick concrete entities and to thin metaphysical ones.

Gist of Idea

Scholastics use 'substantia' for thick concrete entities, and for thin metaphysical ones

Source

Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 06.1)

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.102


A Reaction

Pasnau introduces 'thin' and 'thick' substance for this reason. I may adopt this. Without distinctions between thin and thick concepts of things we can get very muddled. I like the word to label something which is an 'entity'.