Aristotle
key points
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- Created on: 11-02-13 17:19
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- Aristotle
- Prime Mover
- Beginning of the constant chain of effects
- 100% actual, 0% potential
- Moves but is itself unmoved
- The ultimate cause of the universe but NOT its creator
- Exists necessarily - does not rely on anything else
- Thinks only of himself as he cannot change (actual)
- Aristotle referred to him as God
- Four Causes
- MATERIAL: the material/matter it is made of i.e. canvas + paint
- EFFICIENT: the agent that brings it about i.e. artist
- FORMAL: the model or idea it conforms to - the pattern the artist followed
- Not like Plato - he disagreed.
- Forms are developed from our experiences through senses, not innately
- e.g. we identify a horse with mane, legs, fur, etc
- FINAL: the reason - its purpose. i.e. to please the eye
- Link to Aquinas' Natural Law - purpose & morality
- Stuff
- The Universe is in a constant state of flux
- Every reaction must have a chain of actions behind it
- Movement depends on there being a mover
- The universe is eternal (as well as the Prime Mover)
- Actual/potential
- Actual - it exists
- Potential - potential to change
- Things can be actual and potential
- i.e. the painting exists, but the canvas can also be ripped and the frame used again
- Only LIVING things have the potential to change of their own accord
- Non-living things do have potential but less
- Animals have less potential than people but more than inanimate objects
- Plato's student
- Liked to look at things scientifically
- Greek philosopher
- Prime Mover
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