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Single Idea 628

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites ]

Full Idea

All things are not composed of opposites, because matter is not the opposite of anything.

Gist of Idea

Not everything is composed of opposites; what, for example, is the opposite of matter?

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1075a28)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.386


A Reaction

A nice counterexample