Change, motion, and explanation › Further reading

Michael BrenndoerferNovember 1, 20261 min read
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  • Aristotle, Physics I and II, for the principles of change, nature, and the four explanatory causes. The linked translation is by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.
  • Aristotle, Physics IV.14 and VIII.10, for the soul-and-time question and the conclusion about the first mover's magnitude.
  • Aristotle, Metaphysics XII, especially chapter 7, to compare the argument about desire and an unmoved mover.
  • Aristotle, On Generation and Corruption, for a further inquiry into coming-to-be and qualitative change.

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