Full Idea
The Aristotelian universe is a world of tension and commotion - ordered and preserved by form, disordered by matter.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle's cosmos is ordered by form, and disordered by matter
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], hylom) by Mary Louise Gill - Aristotle on Substance Ch.7
Book Reference
Gill,Mary Louise: 'Aristotle on Substance: Paradox of Unity' [Princeton 1989], p.242
A Reaction
This connects Aristotle quite strongly with presocratic predecessors like Heraclitus and Empedocles. But then it fits perfectly with modern discussions of entropy, and the forces that hold entropy back.