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Episode 11 – Principles of Nature | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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All Things of Nature Are Composed of Matter and Substantial Form

All things of nature are composed of primary matter and substantial form. That means everything in the world around us is composed of this substantial form, a principle that makes the thing to be what it is. These two principles co-constitute each particular thing in nature around us. It's the matter, the pluripotentiality that accounts for their changeability and the form that account for their actuality.

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