id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8978 Matter (philosophy) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1329 203 60 The word "matter" is derived from the Latin word māteria, meaning "wood", or "timber", in the sense "material", as distinct from "mind" or "form".[1] The image of wood came to Latin as a calque from the Greek philosophical usage of hyle (ὕλη). He developed Socrates' ideal form into a theory which aimed to explain existence through the composition of matter and form. The theory of matter and form came to be known as Hylomorphism. From a philosophical viewpoint, the term "matter" still is used to distinguish the material aspects of the universe from those of the spirit.[2] The rise of modern chemistry and physics marked a return to the atomic theories of Leucippus. Ernan Mc Mullin (ed.), The Concept of Matter in Greek and Medieval Philosophy, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1965. Ernan Mc Mullin (ed.), The Concept of Matter in Modern Philosophy, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1978. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8978.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8978.txt