Celestial bodies in Aristotelian cosmology are eternal and unchanging, requiring metaphysically different principles than corruptible sublunary composites dependent on matter-form.
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Something that has always existed and will always exist in exactly the same way, never altering or decaying.
Matter-form(explaining the fundamental structure of earthly things)
Aristotle's idea that physical objects are made of two things: matter (the material stuff) and form (the shape or arrangement that makes it what it is).
Metaphysically different principles(explaining why celestial bodies follow different rules than earthly objects)
Fundamentally different rules or laws that govern how things exist and behave at the deepest level of reality.
Sublunary(as used in medieval philosophy and cosmology)
Below the Moon; in medieval philosophy, referring to the ordinary physical world we live in (as opposed to heavenly or celestial realms).
composites(Leibnizian metaphysics; the relation between composites and simples is modeled on part and whole)