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  1. plato.stanford.edu › entries › form-matterForm vs. Matter - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Feb 8, 2016 · Form is matter-involving, but that is not to say that it has its own form or essence and its own matter. Form and matter are introduced to explain certain facts about ordinary objects of perception, such as this man or this horse.

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  3. www.britannica.com › topic › form-philosophyForm | Definition, Nature & Examples | Britannica

    Jun 6, 2024 · Form, the external shape, appearance, or configuration of an object, in contradistinction to the matter of which it is composed; in Aristotelian metaphysics, the active, determining principle of a thing as distinguished from matter, the potential principle.

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  5. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › FormForm and Matter - New World Encyclopedia

    The terms form and matter describe a basic duality in all existence, between the essence or "whatness" of a thing (form) and the stuff that the thing is made of (matter).

  6. iep.utm.edu › thomas-aquinas-metaphysicsAquinas: Metaphysics | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    5. Matter and Form . A very crude definition of matter would be that it is the ‘stuff’ out of which a thing is made, whereas form is signified by the organisation that the matter takes. A common example used by Aquinas and his contemporaries for explaining matter and form was that of a statue. Consider a marble statue.

  7. study.com › academy › lessonMatter & Form: Overview & Examples | What is Form vs. Matter?

    Oct 27, 2023 · What is Matter and Form? In philosophy and physics, matter and form are two fundamental concepts used to understand the nature of all objects and things. Matter refers to anything that...

  8. plato.stanford.edu › entries › aristotle-metaphysicsAristotle’s Metaphysics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Oct 8, 2000 · Matter, form, and the compound of matter and form may all be considered subjects, Aristotle tells us, (1029 a 2–4), but which of them is substance? The subject criterion by itself leads to the answer that the substance of x is an entirely indeterminate matter of which x is composed (1029 a 10).

  9. www.britannica.com › topic › hylomorphismHylomorphism | Form, Matter & Prime Mover | Britannica

    Hylomorphism, (from Greek hylē, “matter”; morphē, “form”), in philosophy, metaphysical view according to which every natural body consists of two intrinsic principles, one potential, namely, primary matter, and one actual, namely, substantial form. It was the central doctrine of Aristotle’s.

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