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Early ontology of Thales
considered one of the first philosophers to propose that the
fundamental substance of the universe is water, marking a shift
from mythological explanations to rational inquiry.
Plato's theory of forms
non-material abstract forms, and not the material world,
possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality,
exemplified by the question 'What makes a boat a boat?'
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Aristotle's substance
that which exists independently and is the fundamental reality
underlying all things, as opposed to their properties or
attributes.
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