Quiz Flashcards
When and where was Aristotle born
384 BC in Thrace, Greece
What subjects did Aristotle teach
Logic rhetoric ethics biology
Why book did he write for his son
Nicomachean Ethics
Who is Aristotle most famous pupil
Alexander the Great
What did Alexander the Great get from his mentor Aristotle
A passion for unity
Name and nickname of aristotles school
Lyceum
“The peripatelic school” (walking around school)
What happened to Aristotle towards the end of his life
He was charged with impiety, fled to chaleis, and died of natural causes
What word is used to describe Aristotle’s view of logic
Organon -an instrument of all science
What is the difference between an argument and a statement?
Arguments are not true or false, but valid or invalid. Statements may be either true or false.
The chief principle of Logic is what ?
Law of Noncontradiction
In the Greek language what two ideas are connected in the term Aletheia!
Truth and reality
What concept did Aristotle develop that is vital to the understanding of language and knowledge
Categories
What two ideas are associated with classification
Compare (similarities) and contrast (differences)
What are aristotles nine categories
Quantity Quality Relations Place Date Posture Possession Action Passivity
What is the difference between between the substance and accidens of a thing
The substance is essential nature, while its accidens are its external, perceivable qualities.
In what ways did Aristotle break with his teacher Plato
Aristotle postulated that that there is no idea realm where forms, ideas exists in and of themselves but is combined in form and matter.
Explain entelechy
Entelechy represents the form of a thing that enables a thing to become what it becomes
What was aristotles answer to the problem of infinite regress
Actuality must precede potentiality. This is the concept of the unmoved mover, eternal, immortal, immutable
Aristotle was a famous alumni of whose school
Platos academy
What are his four causes
Formal: that which determines what a thing is (sculptor’s idea for a sculpture)
Material: that out of which the thing is made (marble)
Efficient: that by which a thing is made (sculptor)
Final: that for which a thing is made, it’s purpose (decoration of a garden)
