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Ideas for 'Laches', 'Metaphysics' and 'Philosophical Explanations'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
11285 The form of a thing is its essence and its primary being [Aristotle]
12345 In 'Metaphysics' Z substantial primacy (as form) is explanatory rather than ontological [Aristotle, by Wedin]
16147 In 'Metaphysics' substantial forms take over from objects as primary [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
12071 Essences are not properties (since those can't cause individual substances) [Aristotle, by Witt]
11251 Plato says changing things have no essence; Aristotle disagrees [Aristotle, by Politis]
12084 Essential form is neither accidental nor necessary to matter, so it appears not to be a property [Aristotle, by Witt]
16119 Aristotle's cosmos is ordered by form, and disordered by matter [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
16148 Aristotle moved from realism to nominalism about substances [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
16112 A substance is a proper subject because the matter is a property of the form, not vice versa [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
12002 Aristotle doesn't think essential properties are those which must belong to a thing [Aristotle, by Kung]
16164 Forms of sensible substances include unrealised possibilities, so are not fully actual [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle
16095 Some forms, such as the Prime Mover, are held by Aristotle to exist without matter [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
15853 A true substance is constituted by some nature, which is a principle [Aristotle]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
16109 Things are a unity because there is no clash between potential matter and actual shape/form [Aristotle]
16088 Aristotle's solution to the problem of unity is that form is an active cause or potentiality or nature [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
12301 Every distinct thing has matter, as long as it isn't an essence or a Form [Aristotle]
16092 In Aristotle, bronze only becomes 'matter' when it is potentially a statue [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
12300 Aristotle's conception of matter applies to non-physical objects as well as physical objects [Aristotle, by Fine,K]
12077 Aristotle's matter is something that could be the inner origin of a natural being's behaviour [Aristotle, by Witt]
12103 Matter is secondary, because it is potential, determined by the actuality of form [Aristotle, by Witt]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
597 Is there a house over and above its bricks? [Aristotle]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
16575 Something must pre-exist any new production [Aristotle]
10962 It is unclear whether Aristotle believes in a propertyless subject, his 'ultimate matter' [Aristotle, by Lawson-Tancred]
16142 A substrate is either a 'this' supporting qualities, or 'matter' supporting actuality [Aristotle]
16103 A subject can't be nothing, so it must qualify as separate, and as having a distinct identity [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
10942 If you extract all features of the object, what is left over? [Aristotle]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
13274 The contents of an explanatory formula are parts of the whole [Aristotle]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
15852 A 'whole' (rather than a mere 'sum') requires an internal order which distinguishes it [Aristotle]
15840 If a syllable is more than its elements, is the extra bit also an element? [Aristotle]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
16136 A syllable is something different from its component vowels and consonants [Aristotle]
12878 Wholes are continuous, rigid, uniform, similar, same kind, similar matter [Aristotle, by Simons]