Is Matter the Same as Its Potency? Some Fourteenth-Century Answers

Abstract Is prime matter the same as its potency ( potentia ), its readiness to take on the entire gamut of corporeal substantial forms? This question, arising from a passage in Averroes, lies at the core of later medieval hylomorphism and was hotly debated. The present article looks at three answer...

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Main Author: Friedman, Russell L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Vivarium
Year: 2021, Volume: 59, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 123-142
Further subjects:B John Buridan
B potency
B Matter
B John of Jandun
B Averroes
B Gerald Ot
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