Aristotle · Philosophy

Metaphysics and the Unmoved Mover

Aristotle’s inquiry into being itself - substance, form and matter, the four causes, potentiality and actuality - culminating in the unmoved mover, the ultimate source of all motion and being.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Aristotle inquired into being itself through substance, form and matter, the four causes, and the unmoved mover. Explain these ideas in your own words.

Leads to Thomas Aquinas.

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