Definition of "hyle" [hyle]

• Matter (noun)
• The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle. (noun)

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• "279 The two essentials in the composition of all sublunary things were, by the ancient Greeks, termed psyche and hyle, that is, spiritus et materia, soul and body. 1877 tr."
• "Accordingly he compromised by saying that while the present world as it is is not eternal, it came from a primitive "hyle" or matter, which was eternal."
• "Here Crescas takes up the problem and points out that whether we accept or not an eternal "hyle," everything that exists must be dependent upon"