Aristotle’s natural and cosmic teleology in «Lambda 10»
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https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v77.i293.y2021.005Keywords:
Aristotle, finality, metaphysics, universeAbstract
This article presents an analysis of Aristotle’s teleology, based on chapter 10 of book Lambda in Metaphysics. In order to do so, the author compiles the main interpretations of specialists from antiquity up to the present day, thereby establishing a thorough and detailed status quaestionis. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate Aristotle’s concept of finality and its relation with the universe, in order to propose an interpretation of Lambda 10 capable of explaining natural and cosmic teleology.
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