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‖ materia prima|məˈtɪərɪə ˈpraɪmə|
[L., ‘first matter’; cf. Gr. ἡ πρώτη ὕλη (see hyle).]
= first matter (matter n.1 6 c).
1551S. Gardiner Explication True Catholique Fayth 137 If we agree with the Philosophers that there is (Materia prima)..the same (Materia prima) beyng as it were (substancia) that altereth not. [a1586Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1868) 55 The quiddity of..Prima materia will hardely agree with a Corslet.] 1603Holland tr Plutarch's Morals xvi. 229 The substance or matter that hath neither forme nor any colour, which they call Materia prima, is a subject capable of all formes. 1665J. Locke Let. in P. King Life of Locke (1829) 20 Poor materia prima was canvassed cruelly. Ibid., The young monks..dispute as eagerly for materia prima, as if they were to make their dinner on it. a1721Prior Locke & Montaigne in Dialogues of Dead (1907) 240 When he [sc. Descartes] gave Us his subtil matter, he only new Christened Aristotles Materia prima. 1905W. James in Jrnl. Philos. 25 May 281 ‘Pure experience’..was the name I gave to the materia prima of everything. 1961Times 28 Dec. 11/4 A continuum of active or quiescent energy which..would reintroduce a materia prima to the satisfaction of metaphysicians. |