![]() ![]() That there must be three basic ingredients in every case of change. Will first look at Aristotles account, and then see how it manages toĪristotles account is contained in Physics I.7. His account is designed to explain both howĬhange in general is possible, and how coming into existence is possible. But neither is possible.Īristotle wants to give an analysis of coming-to-be, i.e., change, that willĮnable him to avoid this dilemma. The argument is basically that there are only two ways that something canĬome-to-be: either from what is, or from what is not. That sounds typically Parmenidean (191a30-31):įor what is does not come-to-be (since it already is), and nothing comes-to-be ( genesis), and Aristotle gives an example of an argument against coming-to-be Still, denying the existence of change altogether.Ĭhange is often described (both by Aristotle and his predecessors) as coming-to-be To the realm of appearancesthe physical world. Said that real things (Forms) dont change, and restricted change We know this was a topic that puzzled Aristotles predecessors. Is basically a study of change and the things that are subject to change. What is the difference? Natural things are some or all of them subject ![]() That comes after the stuff on nature) which studies beings in general, The Metaphysics ( ta meta ta phusikalit., the stuff The Physics is a study of nature ( ta phusika), as opposed to ![]()
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