Source edition
Aristotle. Aristotelis Physica. Ross, W.D., editor. Oxford: Clarendon, 1960.
Source data
Open Greek and Latin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cloned and adapted by Humanitext, with ongoing edits.
Summary
This work, spanning eight books, is Aristotle's systematic investigation into the fundamental principles of change and motion in the natural world. The author begins by establishing the methodology of physics, critically examining the views of earlier natural philosophers, and introducing three principles of change: matter (hyle), form (eidos), and privation. He then defines the four causes and analyzes key foundational concepts such as motion, the infinite, place, void, and time, resolving various logical paradoxes associated with them. In the latter half of the treatise, Aristotle classifies the types of motion and logically demonstrates the continuity of time, space, and magnitude while refuting Zeno's paradoxes. Ultimately, the work culminates in the proof that a 'prime unmoved mover', which is eternal and lacks physical magnitude, must exist to sustain the continuous and eternal motion of the cosmos.
Contents
113 chunks
Cited by book.chapter
- §1.1
- §1.2#1
- §1.2#2
- §1.3#1
- §1.3#2
- §1.4#1
- §1.4#2
- §1.5
- §1.6
- §1.7#1
- §1.7#2
- §1.8
- §1.9
- §2.1#1
- §2.1#2
- §2.2
- §2.3#1
- §2.3#2
- §2.4
- §2.5
- §2.6
- §2.7
- §2.8#1
- §2.8#2
- §2.9
- §3.1#1
- §3.1#2
- §3.2
- §3.3
- §3.4#1
- §3.4#2
- §3.5#1
- §3.5#2
- §3.5#3
- §3.6#1
- §3.6#2
- §3.7-3.8
- §4.1#1
- §4.1#2
- §4.2
- §4.3
- §4.4#1
- §4.4#2
- §4.5
- §4.6
- §4.7
- §4.8#1
- §4.8#2
- §4.8#3
- §4.9#1
- §4.9#2
- §4.10
- §4.11#1
- §4.11#2
- §4.12#1
- §4.12#2
- §4.13
- §4.14#1
- §4.14#2
- §5.1#1
- §5.1#2
- §5.2#1
- §5.2#2
- §5.3
- §5.4#1
- §5.4#2
- §5.5
- §5.6#1
- §5.6#2
- §6.1
- §6.2#1
- §6.2#2
- §6.3
- §6.4
- §6.5#1
- §6.5#2
- §6.6#1
- §6.6#2
- §6.7
- §6.8
- §6.9
- §6.10#1
- §6.10#2
- §7.1#1
- §7.1#2
- §7.2#1
- §7.2#2
- §7.3#1
- §7.3#2
- §7.4#1
- §7.4#2
- §7.5
- §8.1#1
- §8.1#2
- §8.2
- §8.3#1
- §8.3#2
- §8.4#1
- §8.4#2
- §8.5#1
- §8.5#2
- §8.5#3
- §8.6#1
- §8.6#2
- §8.7#1
- §8.7#2
- §8.8#1
- §8.8#2
- §8.8#3
- §8.8#4
- §8.9
- §8.10#1
- §8.10#2