单词 | minimum naturale |
释义 | minimum naturalen. Now historical. Usually in plural. Each of the smallest natural particles of matter of which all bodies or objects were considered to be composed, the existence of which was first proposed by Aristotle. Cf. minimus n. 1.Earliest in figurative context in a work satirically describing human romantic relationships in scientific vocabulary. ΚΠ 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 47 Without this he is more deformed then Cerberus, the contemptiblest picture they can fixe their eyes upon, whom wee terme minimum naturale. 1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. 375 Some kind of Particles and Minima Naturalia; that is, some Least Size of Bodies. 1967 A. G. M. van Melsen in P. Edwards Encycl. Philos. I. 194/2 It was left to Aristotle's Hellenistic, Arabian, and medieval commentators to develop the minima naturalia theory, stating that each kind of substance has its specific minima naturalia. 1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire i. 24 In Book I, Chapter IV of the Physics, Aristotle asserts that animals and plants have an upper and a lower size limit, and that the same must be said of their parts. From this rather obscure reasoning, the scholastics concluded that there are minima naturalia—smallest natural parts—out of which living, and even inanimate things, are composed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641 |
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