hyle
- noun
- /ˈhaɪli/
- Specialized
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hyle
- Aristotle's concept of hyle suggests that matter is distinct from form, playing a crucial role in his metaphysical theories.
Examples
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Payne & Hyle (2001) argue that it is not who you know, it is whom and what they know based on what they tell you.
Academic text (2016) -
Sensory impressions, Husserl's hyle or Russell and Moore's sense-data, for example, were likewise the foundation of Anglo-European analytic epistemology during this period.
Academic text (2017) -
In philosophy, hyle refers to the formless matter that serves as the basis for all physical substances.
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The ancient Greeks believed that hyle was the primal material from which everything in the universe was created.
Synonyms
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2.8
The stuff that takes up space and can be solid, liquid, or gas
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1.0
The material something is made from
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2.8
A physical material that objects are made of
Something real that stays the same under different appearances
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hyle comes from the ancient Greek hylē, which meant 'wood' and later 'matter' or 'stuff'. Ancient philosophers used it for the basic 'stuff' things are made from, so hyle today means the material or substance behind things.