hyle

ΰλη (ή)

[citação grego Met 4 23, 1023 a 11sq.] “The metal has the look of a statue [has the look, is a statue]. The body has the illness [it is sick].” The more precise determination of this having is to be a being in the sense that “in itself something is present, for which being-present the being in question itself has the readiness (destikon).” The metal is determined as metal on account of the destikon. The metal is determined in its being such that it can become a statue. The metal is determined as hyle. In this context, hyle does not mean an indeterminate “material,” but rather a positive character of a mode of being-there. Being in preparedness for ... is a positive determination of a being. Having means nothing other than being the wherein of a being-present of something out of preparedness. [GA18:173; GA18MT:117]