hylen.

/ˈhʌɪliː/

Forms: Also Middle English yle, 1500s hile, (1600s hyla).

Etymology: < medieval Latin hȳlē, < Greek ὕλη wood, timber, material, by Aristotle and in later Greek ‘matter’.

Obsolete.

Matter, substance; the first matter of the universe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > first or uncreated matter

hylec1400

materia prima1551

prakriti1785

protyle1886

prima materia1906

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 91 That matere universall, Which hight Ylem in speciall.]

c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 94 Of þe saule commys anoþer substance, þat ys clepyd þe yle.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 70 b Of the undiuisible partes, of Hile, of matiers.

1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lviii. 564 Vncreated Chaos, or Hyla, or first Matter.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. viii. 110 This Hyle or Matter..is indeed nothing else but the Soul's potentiality.

a1687 H. More App. to De Philos. Cabbal. (1713) viii. 182 That Hyle or first Matter is mere Possibility of Being, according to Aristotle.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 246 Jove produced the two first numbers, the Mundane soul and Hyle: he made Hyle inert and stupid, but to the Mundane soul he gave activity and understanding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hyle
释义	hylen. /ˈhʌɪliː/ Forms: Also Middle English yle, 1500s hile, (1600s hyla). Etymology: < medieval Latin hȳlē, < Greek ὕλη wood, timber, material, by Aristotle and in later Greek ‘matter’. Obsolete. Matter, substance; the first matter of the universe. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > first or uncreated matter hylec1400 materia prima1551 prakriti1785 protyle1886 prima materia1906 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 91 That matere universall, Which hight Ylem in speciall.] c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 94 Of þe saule commys anoþer substance, þat ys clepyd þe yle. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 70 b Of the undiuisible partes, of Hile, of matiers. 1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lviii. 564 Vncreated Chaos, or Hyla, or first Matter. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. viii. 110 This Hyle or Matter..is indeed nothing else but the Soul's potentiality. a1687 H. More App. to De Philos. Cabbal. (1713) viii. 182 That Hyle or first Matter is mere Possibility of Being, according to Aristotle. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 246 Jove produced the two first numbers, the Mundane soul and Hyle: he made Hyle inert and stupid, but to the Mundane soul he gave activity and understanding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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