How to Think Like a Thomist: Form and Matter

In asking the question, one asks for the essences of things, or more simply, what they are. The ancient philosopher Plato called the answers to these questions the “forms.” Aristotle believed in the forms, but saw them as existing in things themselves. In this episode, you’ll learn how all things of nature are composed of matter and form, and that this composite constitution is called hylomorphism.

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