Aristotle

Question 1

Aristotle was a pupil of whom?

Answer 1

Plato

Question 2

What are the 4 causes and what do they mean?

Answer 2

Material- what it’s made of
Formal- its shape
Efficient- who/what makes it
Final- its purpose

Question 3

Describe the unmoved mover

Answer 3

Exists by necessity, incapable of change, pure actuality, nature is good as a lack of goodness (you can do better), final cause, produces motion, goal of all action

Question 4

What was Aristotle’s book.

Answer 4

Metaphysics

Question 5

Describe God via Aristotle

Answer 5

Living being, eternal, most good, complete reality, transcendent, impersonal

Question 6

Was Aristotle materialist or dualism?

Answer 6

Materialist

Question 7

What is the soul according to Aristotle?

Answer 7

The form of the person, its function and organisation

Question 8

What is nous and who is the cosmic nous?

Answer 8

Nous= reason (which is the highest form of rationality)

Cosmic nous= unmoved mover

Question 9

What is the hierarchy of living things?

Answer 9

Human (cause reason)
Animal (cause appetites)
Plant (vegetative soul)

Question 10

What were Aristotle’s 3 materialistic examples?

Answer 10

Imprint in wax- imprint can’t be separated, neither can soul
The axe- can’t chop? Not an axe
The eye- can’t see? Not an eye