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Aristotle's Physics and Cosmology
In Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. pp. 270–291 (2018)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Principles of Physics The Science of Natural Beings Motion, Causal Interaction, and Causational Synonymy Aristotelian Kinematics Aristotle's Theory of the Continuum The Causes of Elemental Motions Unmoved Movers Bibliography.Author's Profile
Aristotle's physics and cosmology trace of crisis in the history of philosophy, from its beginning to Aristotle changes any changeable entity, from external influences and the changing object itself Aristotelian division of sciences, of a theoretical science of changeable being principles of physics, in the true Aristotelian sense, physics of the genus and the principles Aristotle's matter and form, a hypothetical necessity motion, causal interaction, and causational synonymy Aristotelian kinematics, priority of locomotion (phora), and circular locomotion Aristotelian theory of movement, everything moved being moved by a mover the mover of eternal motions, an entity possessing infinite power
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