Aristotle's Soul and the Four Causes

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes covering Aristotle's types of soul, hylomorphism, and the Four Causes.

Vegetative soul

The part of the soul that controls nourishment, growth, reproduction, and movement in plants.

Sensitive soul

The part of the soul that allows sensation and response to pleasure and pain.

Rational soul

The part of the soul that enables reason, complex thought, and contemplation.

Aristotle's view of the soul

The stance that the soul is the form of the body and cannot exist separately from it.

Hylomorphism

Aristotle's view that everything is composed of matter and form.

Wax stamp analogy

An illustration used to show that the soul and body cannot be separated, similar to how a shape cannot be separated from the wax it is stamped into.

Aristotle's Four Causes

The Material Cause, Formal Cause, Efficient Cause, and Final Cause.

Material Cause

A description of what something is made from.

Formal Cause

The form, structure, or essence of a thing.

Aristotle's three types of soul

Vegetative soul, Sensitive soul, and Rational soul.