Terms and Concepts to Remember about Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
Based on Gaarder, pages 104-120 and
Donald Palmer, pages 76-78
(Also see your notes from class.)
 
From Jostein Gaarder (pages 104-120)
  • Aristotle's "project"
  • Main differences from Plato
  • Form
  • Idea
  • Aristotle's view of what is most real
  • Form and Substance
  • Potential and Actual
  • Four Types of Causes
    • Material Cause
    • Efficient Cause
    • Formal Cause
    • Final Cause
  • Aristotle's Classification by Categories

  • Logic
  • Nature's Scale (what is the scale?)
  • First Mover
  • The Golden Mean
  • Three "Good Forms of Constitution"
    • Monarchy
    • Aristocracy
    • Polity
  • Artistotle's Views on Women

From Donald Palmer (pages 76-78)
  • Form (contrast Plato's view)
  • Teleological