Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
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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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| Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption canonical | 1 |
| Aristotle’s corpus of natural philosophy | 1 |
| Aristotle’s physical works | 1 |
| Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption Context triple: [Aristotelian physics, basedOn, Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption]
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
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Aristotle’s On the Heavens
Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
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On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
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Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption Target entity description: 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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A.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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B.
Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
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C.
Aristotle’s On the Heavens
Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
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D.
On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
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E.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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work of natural philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the traditional Aristotelian Organism of natural works ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Averroes
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St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
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Thomas Aquinas
medieval commentators on Aristotle ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| follows |
Aristotelianism
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surface form:
Physics (by Aristotle)
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| genre | philosophical prose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy
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Scholastic philosophy ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
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Thomas Aquinas
early modern theories of matter ⓘ medieval Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ |
| keyDoctrine |
analysis of mixture as a genuine unity
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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 ⓘ |
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Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
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Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς
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| partOf |
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
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| philosophicalTradition | Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Greek manuscript tradition
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medieval Latin translations ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Meteorology (by Aristotle) ⓘ |
| structure |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
history of philosophy
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history of science ⓘ metaphysics of change ⓘ |
| subject |
change
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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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