Sentence examples for substantial forms of the from inspiring English sources

The resulting ideas are purely mental constructions; the putative substantial forms of the objects are irrelevant to this process.

Thomas argued that the substantial forms of the elements are destroyed and that only the qualities contribute to the mixture.

Averroes rejects Avicenna's theory and argues that the substantial forms of the elements are diminished in the compound (Comm. magnum De caelo III.67).

(OPD 5: 166) The object of the true physics is not the substantial forms of the Scholastics, but matter whose essence is extension, and its modes which are nothing else but various divisions and groupings of its parts.

Nonetheless, quantity has its role to play as well since it is required in order to divide matter into distinct parts and thereby enable it to receive and individuate substantial forms of the same kind.

Avicenna's answer is that the substantial forms of the elements remain unaltered when a compound is formed; only the qualities of the elements are altered and unite to a mean quality (qualitas media), or complexion (complexio).

Today, he will prove himself true to his word by fast-tracking a group of young Premiership players – not to mention a young Celtic League player in the substantial form of the Scarlets No 8 Ben Morgan – into representative contention at the expense of some of the biggest names in English rugby.

And so also is the substantial form of the human immaterial in that sense.

It is also because of this sharing in the act of existence, that the soul can be the substantial form of the living human animal.

The newborn rabbit's behavior is then guided by its rabbit-specific "sensitive soul," which is the name for the substantial form of the rabbit.

Now suppose, as many medieval thinkers (including Aquinas) did, that the soul is the one and only substantial form of the human being.