Aristotle

• Is Aristotle a monist or a dualist?


  Aristotle is a monist, he believes that our body and soul is one
• what are the three examples Aristotle uses to show how our body and soul are one?


  Wax, axe and eyes
• What is the example of wax?


  A wax seal on an envelope has a design imprinted on it, the design and the wax cannot be separate like how the body and soul cant be separate either
• whats the example of the axe?


  An axes purpose is to cut wood, it requires a person to do this and fulfil its purpose. The axe and the person cant be separated if it wants to cut wood, so the body and the soul cant be separate
• whats the example of the eye?


  We have to have eyes to see, without eyes we dont have sight. Sight cannot exist without eyes like how to body and soul require each other and shouldn't be separated
• How does Aristotle describe the soul?


  "cause and principle of the living body"
• What is Aristotle's division of the soul?


  You have two sides of the soul: Rational and Irrational. on the Irrational side you have vegetative (needs) and desires (wants) and on the rational side you have scientific (laws of nature) and calculus (weighing up- decisions)
• what analogy supports Aristotle's view on the soul?


  The fruit cake analogy
• Did Aristotle see the soul as a reality or metaphor?


  Reality