Aristotle's Theory of Substance: Difference between revisions

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# Matter
# Matter
# Form
# Form


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!colspan="6"|Being vs Becoming
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! scope="col"| Aristotle
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Aristotle finds the resolution to the ancient problem of '''''being''''' and '''''becoming''''' within the distinction of the terms matter and form. Plato believes that <u>being is the ideal object</u> found in the other (ideal) world, whereas <u>becoming is the receptacle</u> or material thing down here.  
Aristotle finds the resolution to the ancient problem of '''''being''''' and '''''becoming''''' within the distinction of the terms matter and form. Plato believes that <u>being is the ideal object</u> found in the other (ideal) world, whereas <u>becoming is the receptacle</u> or material thing down here.  


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