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    It is not the case that An 'incomplete substance' that combines with others to form a perfected substance is not a substance at all, but a part—contradicting hylomorphic categories.

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    • 1.Incompleteness and substantiality are distinct properties; a substance can be incomplete in actualization while remaining substantial in essence.
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    • 2.Parts (like a brick) retain identity independently; matter and form as metaphysical principles are categorically different from physical components.
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    • 3.Hylomorphism permits substantial principles that are incomplete—actuality completion differs from ontological dependence on physical composition.
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    • 1.Substances by definition possess independent existence; anything requiring completion through composition is ontologically dependent, hence not substantial.
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    • 2.Parts are defined as constituents that lose identity when separated; if matter and form cannot exist independently, they are parts, not substances.
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    • 3.Aristotle's hylomorphism requires the composite (form+matter) to be the substance; incomplete principles cannot simultaneously be substances.
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