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“It is not possible for form to do without matter because it is not separable, nor can matter itself be purged of form.”

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Robert Grosseteste

Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) was an English philosopher, theologian, scientist, and bishop. He had a significant influence on European philosophy and science during the Middle Ages and is considered one of the pioneers of modern experimental science. more

“It must be understood that prime matter, and form as well, is neither generated nor corrupted, because every generation is from something to something. Now that from which generation proceeds is matter, and that to which it proceeds is form. So that, if matter or form were generated, there would be a matter for matter and a form for form, endlessly. Whence, there is generation only of the composite, properly speaking.”

Ifs Wells Matter Would Be Form Science Generations Understood Prime Composites

Book:Aquinas on matter and form and the elements: a translation and interpretation of the De principiis naturae and the De mixtione elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas

Source: Aquinas on matter and form and the elements: a translation and interpretation of the De principiis naturae and the De mixtione elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas

“The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects the senses in any way, but simply in its being something which is extended in length, breadth and depth.”

Way Matter Hard Body Science Depth Heavy Senses Length Breadth

Author:Rene Descartes

“The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution of mathematical probabilities. The ladder that Descartes, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz erected in order to scale the heavens rests upon a continually shifting, unstable foundation.”