The difference between generation and alteration
Let us speak about generation and alteration and what they are different in; for we say that these changes are different from one another.…
Category Physics
What we mean by “fulfilment”
According to Aristotle, the term “fulfilment” (entelexeia) signifies the agency and completion; for it is composed of the one, the complete, and the having,…
The complete and the whole
That of which nothing is left outside, is complete and whole; for thus we define the whole, as that of which nothing is absent,…
What change is, and how many kinds of change there are
Given that each kind of being is divided into that which is in actuality, and into that which is in potentiality, the actualization of…
In which way “in vain” is said of
Something is said to be “in vain”, when the end for the sake of which it comes to be does not occur, e.g. if…
How something may come to be out of that which is not
Since everything which comes to be comes to be either out of something which is or out of something which is not, and it…
The kinds of causes
Causes are spoken of in a number of ways. In one way, then, that out of which a thing comes about and which is…
What nature is
Of things some are (exist) by nature, others from other causes (e.g. art, chance, etc.).
