Full Idea
One of the great attractions of corpuscularianism is that it promises to put our acquaintance with substances on a solid foundation.
Gist of Idea
Corpuscularianism promised a decent account of substance
Source
Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 07.3)
Book Reference
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.129
A Reaction
This is why the seventeenth century did not abandon 'substance', even though they banished 'substantial form'.