[hackandthink]

I have not read much Aristotle, but I can empathize.

He tried to get to the bottom of things and pursued various paths.

I think his mainstream metaphysics (Genus, Species, Difference, ...) is somewhat different from his Hylemorphism and was more successful.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/index.htm...

[xoac]

“mainstream metaphysics” what??

[hackandthink]

"Mainstream metaphysics" means categorialism. Everybody knows about genus/species hierarchy.

"What is the relationship between categorialism and hylemorphism, Aristotle’s other major ontological theory? Where does matter fit, if at all, in the categorial scheme?"

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-categories/

[wduquette]

Hylemorphism is how Aristotle further subdivides the category of substance.