formulation of the first principles in Physics I 7 in light of the notion of generation

Abstract

In the present work we are interested in analyzing how Aristotle formulates the principles of physics from the notion of generation. Our thesis is that Physics I 7 is the “moment” of euporia that closes a process beginning in 1-2 with the problematization about the nature and number of the principles. To prove this, we will divide the work into two parts. In the first we will try to establish the argumentative context from which he postulates his principles. In the second part, we will analyze the assumptions on the basis of which it maintains that matter, form and deprivation are the three principles sought.

Keywords

• principles
• generation
• matter
• form
• deprivation