Full Idea
The syllable is something in its own right, not just a heap of vowel and consonant but something different.
Gist of Idea
A syllable is something different from its component vowels and consonants
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1041b16)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.229
A Reaction
This is the classic Greek example of a whole, and a slogan for claims that wholes are not merely collections of parts.
Related Idea
Idea 16791 There is no whole except for the parts [Aristotle]