Full Idea
There is no whole over and above the parts.
Gist of Idea
There is no whole except for the parts
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 210a16)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'The Basic Works of Aristotle', ed/tr. McKeon,Richard [Modern Library Classics 2001], p.273
A Reaction
Pasnau says Aristotle contradicts this at Met. 1041b12, where the syllable is more than its elements.
Related Idea
Idea 16136 A syllable is something different from its component vowels and consonants [Aristotle]