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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Five Milestones of Empiricism' and 'Physiologia'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16674	The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton]
	Full Idea: The extension or quantity of a thing is merely modus materiae, or (rather) the matter itself composing that thing; insomuch as it consists not in a point, but has parts posited without parts, in respect whereof it is diffuse.
	From: Walter Charleton (Physiologia [1654], III.10.1.4), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 14.2