ARISTOTLE: midterm exam answers

 
 
 
 
Physics, according to Aristotle, is more separable than mathematics. The mathematician does not treat the objects of his research and investigation as limited, such as the limits of the physical body.

Nature has been defined as a principle of motion and change. Nature is a source or cause of being moved, while art is applied to that which is artistic or a work of art. Nature is phusis, art is techne

There are really three elements, four causes: Material, formal (indicating structure or plan, and the end purpose.

Chance is a cause, where things always come to pass in much the same way. Spontaneity has no deliberate intention.

Explaining the "why", as well as "this must be so if that is to be so", also that this was the essence of the thing, and lastly, because it is better thus". Hence, nature is for the sake of something, and thus we need to know the cause. Teleology is the nature of change.

While in PHYSICS, Aristotle calls Nature as a class of causes, in ETHICS, he delves into intellectua


     
 
 
 
    

 

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