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Meaning of hyle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈhyː.ɫeː]

Definitions

  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. A town of Boeotia whose location is uncertain
  3. the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
  4. A town of Locris
  5. the first matter of the cosmos, an inaccurate interpretation of Aristotle's ἡ πρώτη ὕλη or materia prima

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