Sunday, September 24, 2017

Particulation and Re-formation

The process, attributed by Aristotle to Active Mind, of creating a particular can be called Particulation.  It can also be called Materialization, since a Class is the Form of its Particulars, though that term is laden with other connotations.  And, since the addition of a new member varies the given Class, the process is a variety of Diversification, as well.  So, for example, by Particulation in 1959, the United States created the State of Alaska.  But, at the same time, Alaska has its own Particulars, i. e. its inhabitants.  Furthermore, the addition of a new side to a rectangle can be accompanied by a re-formation, resulting in a pentagon.  These familiar examples illustrate that the Formal Principle and the Material Principle are complementary processes, in contrast with the many uses of 'material' and 'matter' throughout history that connote them as antithetical to some corresponding term, e. g. to Spirit, to Mind, etc.

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