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Substantial form

Substantial form is a central philosophical concept in Aristotelianism and, afterwards, in Scholasticism. The form is the idea, existent or embodied in a being, that completes or actualizes the potentiality latent in the matter composing the being itself. For Aristotle, in fact, matter is the basis of all that exists; it comprises the potentiality of…

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Theory of FormsMatterHyleThing-in-itselfFormal cause
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AristotelianismScholasticismIdeaAristotleMatter
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DescartesJohn LockeIsaac NewtonPrincipia
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LeibnizDiscourse on Metaphysics
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Substantial form → Discourse, In, Leibniz, Metaphysics, Substantial
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Substantial formis acentral philosophical concept in Aristotelianism and0.90text
Duns Scotus developed Christian applications of hylomorphism.The Aristotelian conception of form was adopted by the Scholasticsinstance ofTheologians0.80text
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its origin in the observation of the physical universe was an entirely foreign ideainstance ofTheologians0.80text
Substantial formrelated to CriticismDescartes0.60section
Substantial formrelated to CriticismJohn Locke0.60section
Substantial formrelated to Response to criticismLeibniz0.60section
Substantial formrelated to Response to criticismSubstantial0.60section
Substantial formrelated to Response to criticismIn0.60section
Substantial formrelated to Response to criticismDiscourse0.60section
Substantial formrelated to Response to criticismMetaphysics0.60section

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