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"