Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption

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philosophical treatise work of natural philosophy

Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of natural philosophy ⓘ
author Aristotle ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the traditional Aristotelian Organism of natural works ⓘ
commentedOnBy Averroes ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

medieval commentators on Aristotle ⓘ
dateWritten 4th century BCE ⓘ
follows Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Physics (by Aristotle)
genre philosophical prose ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
influenced Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Scholastic philosophy ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

early modern theories of matter ⓘ
medieval Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
keyDoctrine analysis of mixture as a genuine unity ⓘ
distinction between alteration and substantial generation ⓘ
doctrine of matter and form in coming-to-be ⓘ
four primary qualities (hot, cold, dry, moist) ⓘ
four-element theory (earth, water, air, fire) ⓘ
role of contraries in change ⓘ
latinTitle De Generatione et Corruptione ⓘ
originalTitle Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς
partOf Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aristotle’s corpus of natural philosophy

Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aristotle’s physical works
philosophicalTradition Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
preservedIn Greek manuscript tradition ⓘ
medieval Latin translations ⓘ
relatedWork Meteorology (by Aristotle) ⓘ
structure Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
studiedIn history of philosophy ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
metaphysics of change ⓘ
subject change ⓘ
coming-to-be and passing-away ⓘ
continuity and discontinuity in change ⓘ
corruption of substances ⓘ
elements and elemental theory ⓘ
formal causes ⓘ
generation of substances ⓘ
material causes ⓘ
mixture ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
potentiality and actuality ⓘ
qualitative change ⓘ
substantial change ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ

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subject surface form: On Generation and Corruption
this entity surface form: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption → partOf → Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: On Generation and Corruption
this entity surface form: Aristotle’s corpus of natural philosophy
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption → partOf → Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: On Generation and Corruption
this entity surface form: Aristotle’s physical works