PHIL 1000 Chapter : Philosophy
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Aristotle"s account of nature still existing (rejecting it) Their rejecting a tradition that dates back some 2,000 years. These enlightenment principles are central to understand world and self. Structure of the self (mind and soul) mirrored the structure of the world. Understanding city allowed insight to understand the soul. The 4 causes is the way the world is structured. Descarte reverses order, the soul comes first then the account of the universe. The aristotilian nature (teological-everything moving towards end) is flushed down the toilet. Physical consists of inert matter moving through space until something else knocks it off course. Matter will now only be treated as form of quantitative. Simply going to be treating matter to be measured by its quantitative aspects (primary qualities) Only intrinsic properties that belong are the quantitative properties. Descarte is the first thinker from modern to articulate the notion of self consciousness. Treating intellect like any other object (no special status)
