Book 2, Part 2 opens with an attempt to distinguish the study of the natural world or "physics" from mathematics. Aristotle explains that those who study ...

Summary. Physics opens with an investigation into the principles of nature. At root, there must be a certain number of basic principles at work in nature, ...

Chapter 7. Summary thus far. The student of nature must study all the causes. But some things are super-natural (beyond nature): things that initiate motion ...

Aristotle defines the nature of a thing as a principle of change (motion and rest) which is based on what a thing is.

The goal in Book II is to define this subject further and know the middle terms to demonstrate properties of the subject, which are still undetermined.

Aristotle explains that there are both physical and non-physical causes of motion. He calls the non-physical cause of motion the "the primary reality." A ...

The philosopher here proceeds to inquire into the second question, ie, how necessity is found in natural things.

27 дек. 2023 г. · In Book 2 of Aristotle's "Physics," the focus shifts from the investigation of nature's principles to the examination of change and its causes.

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- Book II, Chapter 1: Aristotle draws a distinction between natural objects and those unnatural. (artifacts). Natural objects have an “internal” principle (i.e. ...