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hyle

Pronunciation: [ˈhyː.ɫeː]

“hyle” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. matter, the fundamental matter of all things, as opposing the form of all things (Aristotle’s doctrine of matter and form or hylomorphism); in Mediaeval Latin respectively materia prima and forma substantialis
  2. the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
  3. the first matter of the cosmos, an inaccurate interpretation of Aristotle's ἡ πρώτη ὕλη or materia prima

Etymology

Transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental, undifferentiated matter”).

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