PHI 2380 Final: 2015-03-18 - Aristotle's Physics ch. 1-3 & 7-9.docx
21 Mar 2015
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Define the topic that we"re going to be studying. What makes something natural vs. unnatural: his answer: the cause of change is within itself (comes to be from itself. Indeed the form is the nature more than the matter is : matter is what makes something potentially x, while form is what makes something actually x, the form is what makes the table actually a table. The wood (the stuff) just gives it the potential to become a table. It could also potentially become a desk, depending on the form. The form in accordance with the account the form + its description. These forms do not exist without a material form in some supernatural state. Because we know something only when we know its primary cause: ex: bronze statue it"s form (expresses its structure) 4th cause the purpose or goal (for what purpose was the statue made?) The most important of the 4 causes.
