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    It is not the case that No natural element (earth, fire, water, air) can qualify as a being (as having being).

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    • 1.The Stoics held that pneuma, a mixture of fire and air pervading all bodies, constitutes an active, self-sustaining principle that organizes and individuates material substances.
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    • 2.An element that actively organizes, persists, and individuates cannot be dismissed as lacking being merely because it participates in combination with other elements.
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    • 3.The argument from combination conflates ontological dependence with ontological deficiency, since relational existence does not entail non-being.
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    • 1.Aristotle argues that prime matter, though imperceptible, underlies all elemental change and thus possesses a stable ontological status as pure potentiality.
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    • 2.If prime matter persists through elemental transformations, at least one natural substrate has a persistent being that grounds change rather than being undermined by it.
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    • 1.Natural elements, like syllables, cannot exist by themselves but only in combination with other elements.
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    • 2.No bodily entity can qualify as a being because bodies are subject to change.
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