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Single Idea 618

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques ]

Full Idea

There is no advantage at all in the admission of eternal substances, as in the Theory of Forms, unless there is among them a principle capable of moving something else.

Gist of Idea

There is no point at all in the theory of Forms unless it contains a principle that produces movement

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1071b11)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.369