
HoP 040 - Let's Get Physical - Aristotle's Natural Philosophy
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Aristotle's Physics Is Like Modern Physics
Aristotle understood nature as an internal principle of motion and rest. For him, a rock does indeed have aninternal principle of motion. Just drop one to see it in action. Now that we can build machines that seem able to move them elves, aristotle's distinction between the artificial and the natural might seem in danger of breaking down.
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