• teleological - (telos)⁃ goal⁃ everything has and endpoint towards which it strives⁃ every society is building towards something⁃ process of finding order• thinking is the highest possible achievement for human beings⁃ contemplating - really thinking⁃ the only thing that god is doing⁃ by doing this he sets everything in motion⁃ deduction⁃ what do different cases have in common⁃ induction⁃ humans are defined as social animals (this is an issue)⁃ hierarchy of distinguishing attributes:⁃ metabolism (living things)⁃ self movement (animals)⁃ reproduction⁃ intellect (humans)⁃ contemplation• astronomy is actually mathematical⁃ and astronomy is the purest thing that any human can do⁃ stars have mathematical processes⁃ connects us to the heavens⁃ unchangeable, eternal, and universal⁃ God - "the unmoved mover"⁃ the principle that sets everything in motion⁃ is not a god that cares about us at all⁃ not personal or involved in human emotions⁃ has nothing to do with hebrew or christian God⁃ all elements strive towards their perfect state of being⁃ 4 elements: (once thought to make up everything in the universe)⁃ very first phase of chemistry - here are the things that we are made out of⁃ fire is lighter than air⁃ anything that has earth tends toward the center⁃ parts of us tend upwards and parts of us tend downwards⁃ ether is the thing thats in-between empty space when there is no fire or there is no air⁃ there is no empty space⁃ 4 elements:⁃ air⁃ fire⁃ water⁃ earth• Cause - theory of interplay between each type of causes (theory of nature)⁃ final cause⁃ potential cause -> material cause⁃ actual cause -> formal cause⁃ the potential is what is in the seed and the formal or the "form" is the flower⁃ efficient
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