PHL 551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unmoved Mover
12 Dec 2012
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Idea of substance (matter), there are 2 kinds of things in the world. Potential exists for that thing to actually exist. He says a builder doesn"t have to be building a building in order to be a builder. Builder is a builder because of his trade. Aristotle says you don"t have to be good at that thing to be that thing ; everything that is alive will once be dead. The theory of forms both does not and cannot explain change. Objects have its actuality as a function of the form that partakes of plenum-complete. He says knowledge is of 2 kinds: demonstrable (actual, speculative (potential) He says the universe that has everything as a whole is a complete reality = the totality of actual thing at any given time . He said existing things are either: ensouled (living) = can act active. May contain lifeless things: lifeless = can be acted upon passive.
