Aristotle: Metaphysics
Hylomorphism
A ________ is an argument of three lines in which the conclusion follows by necessity from the premises
Syllogism
What is the relationship between virtue and vice in the Ethics?
Virtue = mean between two vices
Aristotle argued that man is a ______ ________
Political Animal
Who is the "Father of Neoplatonism"?
Plotinus
Plato believed the Forms were ________, Aristotle believed they were _________.
Transcendent, Immanent
The _______ is found in the Minor Premise
Subject
Form = soul
matter = body
The best classical constitution and its counterpart
The first principle of reality, beyond both being and non-being
The One
What are Aristotle's Four Causes?
Efficient Cause, Material Cause, Formal Cause, Final Cause
The ________ is found in the Major Premise
Predicate
The point of life is to exercise the ________
virtues
The classical constitution and its counterpart that involve rule by the many
The process by which reality proceeds from The One
Emanation
What ultimately causes everything else to happen, but has no cause itself - according to Aristotle?
The Unmoved Mover
Middle Term
The goal of the virtues is _________, or happiness
Eudaimonia
The classical constitution and its counterpart that involve rule by a small number of citizens
Aristocracy, Oligarchy
The two highest emanations
The Mind and The Soul
Identify the Four Causes of a chocolate cake
Efficient Cause = baker
Material Cause = chocolate, flour
Formal Cause = Form of Cake
Final Cause = for eating
Identify the parts of this syllogism (Major premise, minor premise, conclusion, subject, predicate, middle term)
All men are mortal
Socrates is a man
Therefore, Socrates is mortal
Major premise = all men are mortal
Minor premise = Socrates is a man
Conclusion = therefore, Socrates is mortal
Subject = Socrates
Predicate = is mortal
Middle term = man/men
Does Aristotle think the soul can exist without the body?
NO
The most basic political unit for Aristotle
the family
Another phrase for The One, The Mind, and The Soul
The Three Hypostases