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concept: eidos

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Definition

eidos (εἶδος) — form, shape, kind, structure that makes a thing what it is

Originally: visible form or appearance

In Plato: Forms/Ideas (eternal, intelligible structures)

In Aristotle: form as organizing principle of matter, hylomorphism

Broader