COMD 2050 Chapter : COMD MITERM
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For plato, we are images of the forms: what"s primary is the thing itself. For aristotle, individual sensual substances are primary; each of us; substances are always the subjects; you"re not set of tallness; tall is set of you. The hallmark of a primary substance is it always serves as the subject of the predicate. Katagorema: predications, i. e. substance and the things that can be said of substance. Ousia: substance, ancient greek; a being; each of us are a primary (sensible) substance [sensible individuals]. What is secondary for plato is primary for aristotle. They are secondary because they are said of primary substances. Aristotle"s the physics is his philosophy of nature/the natural world. He breaks up and divides being. being qua or as natural substance or natural change. The father of the sciences ; the physics is about being qua natural substance. For aristotle, certain things are self-evident and don"t require an argument to show that they are.
