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    It is not the case that The hylomorphic axiom that form requires matter applies only to sublunary composites, not to separate intellects or divine beings in Aristotelian cosmology.

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    • 1.Hylomorphism as a universal metaphysical principle requires no exception; if form-matter composition is fundamental to being itself, exempting some entities undermines the axiom's explanatory power.
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    • 2.Aristotle's separate intellects still require structure and differentiation (multiple intellects with distinct natures), which hylomorphic principles better explain than positing pure immateriality.
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    • 3.The distinction between sublunary and superlunary realms rests on empirical observation, not metaphysical necessity, so the form-matter axiom's scope shouldn't depend on physical location.
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    • 1.Aristotle explicitly identifies separate intellects as immaterial substances lacking bodily composition, distinguishing them ontologically from sublunary things.
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    • 2.The unmoved mover must be pure actuality (actus purus) without potentiality, making material composition—which entails unrealized potential—logically incompatible with divinity.
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    • 3.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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