Jan 2, 2010
In modern times, with the growth of natural science, most of the topics treated by Aristotle in Physics would be classified as metaphysics. The collection of treatises bearing that name has come to stand for any speculative question concerning first principles, and in that light the topics of the Physics are closer to metaphysics than to modern questions of physics. Aristotle begins by considering the number and character of the first principles of nature, and he goes on to argue against Parmenides’ speculative theories. Nevertheless, the topics here...
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