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But created sub stances are not then really the First Matter, which must be conceived previous to Matter in dividualized, and so having resistance. If God be the absolutely selMeterminJiisiiripDite must be the absolutely determinable or Primeval Matter, which however is not something given in (jrreek thought and even in Origen) but is (1)) The Second Matter (materiel secunda, ves- tita) of our philosopher is also called Mass or Body "in which there is extension along with resistance. " This Second Matter comes from the First Matter, the latter being now individual ized, limited, made corporeal. Moreover, it is the phenomenon, as it were the universal Iris whose function is to appear. Hence the First Matter does not consist in mass or impenetra bility, or extension which properly characterize the Second Matter; " thejjirst Matter is essen tial to everjJVlonad or Soul and" cannot be sepa"- rated from it li&ingjhe very potentiality oTlt, while the Second Matter as clothed (vestita), specialized, phenomenal, can change. prev next |