Full Idea
Zeno says that whatever participates in substance exists.
Gist of Idea
Whatever participates in substance exists
Source
report of Zeno (Citium) (fragments/reports [c.294 BCE]) by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.05a
Book Reference
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.124
A Reaction
This seems Aristotelian, implying that only objects exist. Unformed stuff would not normally qualify as a 'substance'. So does mud exist? See the ideas of Henry Laycock.
Related Ideas
Idea 12792 The category of stuff does not suit reference [Laycock]
Idea 12799 Descriptions of stuff are neither singular aggregates nor plural collections [Laycock]