Aristotle Physics

T 1. Some things exist by nature some by other causes.
2. What are the 4 elements?

   Earth, Air, Fire, Water
T 3. Natural things have within them a principle of motion or stationariness.
F 3. Natural things do not have within them a principle of motion or stationariness.
F 4. A bed or coat has innate impulse to change.
T 5. A bed or coat has no innate impulse to change.
T 6. Insofar as a bed or a coat happens to be made stone or earth it has an innate impulse to change.
T 7. Insofar as a bed or a coat happens to be made stone or earth it has no innate impulse to change.
F 8. There is really not much difference between natural and artificial objects.
T 9. There is a great difference between natural and artificial objects.
F 10. Aristotle's account of objects maintains that they are the fundamental material out of which they are made.
T 11. Aristotle's account of objects is not that they are the fundamental material out of which they are made.
F 12. Nature is exclusively the primary underlying matter of things which have in themselves a principle of motion or change.
F 13. Nature is exclusively the shape or form of a thing.
T 14. Form is more nature than matter.
T 15. Nature is a combination of form and matter.
F 16.Mathematicians differ from students of nature because they study matter as opposed to form.
T 17.Mathematicians differ from students of nature because they study form as opposed to opposed to matter.
T 18.Students of nature differ from mathematicians because they study matter as opposed to form.
F 19.Students of nature differ from mathematicians because they study form as opposed to matter.
F 20.Students of nature are similar to mathematicians because they study both form and matter.
F 21.Students of nature are similar to mathematicians because they study neither form nor matter.
22. What are the four causes?

Material   that out of which a thing comes to be       silk

Formal     the definition of the essence               pattern

Efficient  the primary source of the change or rest    Seamstress

Final      that for the sake of which a thing is done  The wedding dress
 

F 23. Luck is a goddess.
T 24. Luck is a coincidental cause.
F 25. Chance is a goddess.
T 26. Chance is a coincidental cause.