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Metaphysics

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metaphysics

Summary

Aristotle's collection of lectures on first philosophy — the investigation of being qua being, substance, cause, form, matter, actuality, potentiality, and the unmoved mover.

Core Contribution

Being qua being is the subject of first philosophy; substance is primary being; hylomorphism: all material things are form-matter composites; the unmoved mover is pure actuality that moves all things by being the object of their desire.

Historical Influences

Aristotle

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Allied Works

Categories Physics On the Soul

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