elachista

matter

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In atomism: The elachista of the early Aristotelian commentators
…systems the atoms were called elachista (“very small” or “smallest”). The choice of this term was connected with the Aristotelian rejection of the infinite divisibility of matter. Each substance had its own minimum of magnitude below which it could not exist. If such a minimum particle were to be divided,…
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