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presubstantial

adj

Etymology

From pre- + substantial.

  1. derived from substantiālis
  2. derived from substanciel
  3. inherited from substancial
  4. prefixed as presubstantial — “pre + substantial”

Definitions

  1. Having no physical substance, but having the potential to become substantial.

    • By way of explanation, Narbonne suggests that Plotinus accepts the Aristotelian notions of actuality and potentiality used to explain change in substance, but also elaborates a new, presubstantial notion of potentiality.
    • Hegel is a materialist rather than an idealist insofar as he represents subjectivity as an irreducible “crack” in the cosmos rather than as a presubstantial ground from which substance itself would proceed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA