形相

けいそう

Meanings

1. Noun form; appearance
2. form (in Aristotelianism); eidos See also: 質料 (しつりょう).

Kanji

• 形 shape. Read as ケイ.
• 相 mutual. Read as ソウ.

Words containing 形相

• 形相因 (けいそういん) formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

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