Nature and the Human Person Exam 2

definition, aristoles example, and your own example of equivocal

1. same name applied by explanations are different for each thing

2. a human being and a picture of a human being each called animal. one is real while the other is a representation of it

3. a winged animal and a tool used for baseball both named bat

definition, aristoles example, and your own example of univocal

1. same name applied with same explanations for each thing

2. a man and an ox both named animal

3. a sedan and SUV both named car

definition, aristoles example, and your own example of derirative

1. name borrowed from another name in a different grammatical form

2. man called “brave,” name is borrowed from “bravery”

3. having good health, the state of a person, vs eating healthy, eating food leads to health, both come from health.

nature

principle of motion and resting, belonging to itself

matter/material

what something is made up of

form

arrangement of material

aristoles example and your own example of nature, material, and form

1. a wooden bed is planted, the sprout growth would be nature. the material is wood. the arrangement of wood creating a bed is form

2. a glass vase is planted. the sprout growth is nature. the material is sand/glass, the arrangement of glass is its form

what are the 4 causes?

from-which, species and the pattern, first beginning of cause, and as the end

definition and aristotles example of from-which

1. material cause, what something is made up of

2. bronze of a statue

definition and aristotles example of species and the pattern

1. formal cause, arrangement of material into an object

2. shape of the statue

definition and aristotles example of first beginning of change

1. the person who makes the object

2. father of the child or the sculptor of the statue

definition and example of as the end

1. the purpose of something

2. state is to share art

motion

potential reduces as it reaches actuality

example: imaginary marker potentially at a spot. as it moves to the spot the potential reduces. the actuality is the marker at the spot

life

anything that has self nutrition, growth and diminution

soul

first actuality of a natural body having life potentiality

example of life and soul

zygote of an egg and sperm is the potential of life, while a human being is the actuality of life.

primary substance

genera of the species

secondary substance

the species connected to the genera