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natura naturans vs. natura naturata
In Aristotelian terms natura
naturans would be form and activity, and natura naturata would be matter. These terms were probably first
used by Averroës, the Arabian commentator on Aristotle; later, Nicolas Cusanus,
Giordano Bruno and Spinoza employed the same distinction. Natura naturata, or nature passive, is used by pantheistic
philosophers to distinguish the universe in its ultimate, unitary significance
from the universe as aggregate of objects.
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