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This 4 page paper delves into The Metaphysics and examines Aristotle's world view. The principles are discussed and critiqued. A personal opinion is also included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of thousand years" (p.6). Indeed, Aristotles attention to metaphysical ideas and problems went to the ordinary. Ideas about knowledge and existence are broached in this thoughtful volume. Aristotle writes in
this work about substances and helps to define them: " These are the sensible substances, and sensible substances all have matter" (Aristotle, 350BC). For Aristotle, life is simple. It
seems that Aristotle believed that names like "gold" or "man" --or any mundane item-- is significant because they refer to a distinct natural object when they are mentioned (Honderich, 1995).
In other words, there is a sense of what everything is, or intrinsic knowledge that seems to exists. How else would anyone know what a man is, or what gold
is? Such suppositions bring up more intricate questions such as whether or not knowledge is learned through experience or whether it something that simply exists. In the case of the
names that Aristotle notes, the name cannot be applied to something else and be significant (Honderich, 1995). Aristotle saw this as "signification" (Honderich, 1995, p.52). That is, thoughts are likened
to certain objects or types of things and it was at this juncture that Aristotle developed the Metaphysical theory of substance and essence (Honderich, 1995). Aristotles theory is something that
focuses on the idea that something is one thing in and of itself and does not necessary fit a category. Red is a color and that is hard to define.
One knows it when one sees it. Unless one has seen it before, one does not know what it is. Along with Aristotles contentions regarding substance and essence is a
sense that something exists and has a particular nature. It does not necessarily have to be defined or categorized. It is what it is. A primary number for example cannot
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