Aristotle Flashcards
A particular is
What is not said of any subject
Present in
Predication of accident
Can’t exist separately
Colour is present in man
A universal is
What is said of some subject
Said of (1)
Universal substance
Secondary substance
Man, horse
Present in (1)
Particular non-substance
This white
Said of (2(
Universal non-substance
White
Not present in
Particular substance
This man
This horse
Parmenides paradox
Nothing comes to be or passes away
Cus whatever comes to be must do so either out of something that is or something that isn’t and neither is possible
What is can’t come to be since it already is
And nothing can come out of what is not
2 types of change
Alteration and generation
Alteration
Changes in accidental properties
Requires 2 opposites and the subject
Goes from contraries
Only substances can change
Generation
Substantial change
The material cause is what persists change
Goes through privation of form
The absence of form is called
Privation of form
4 causes
Material - X is what y is made of
Formal - X is what it is to be y
Efficient- X is what produces y
Final - X is what y is for
Final cause I’m nature
Not a purpose plan or intention
Whatever lies at the end of the regular series of developmental changes
The final cause is the same as the formal cause
Formal definition of its essence
Final cause -the sake of which a thing exists
The form is the end and since everything else is for the end the form must be what things are for
