METAPHYSICS What is metaphysics? Metaphysics can be described as those things, which relate to external nature, after physics. The term was first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings, which came after, or followed, the part, which treated of physics. This was Aristotle's first philosophy. His main concern was to obtain the type of knowledge that in his eyes earned the title "Wisdom." He didn't want to …showed first 75 words of 1491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1491 total…potentiality, whereas form is actuality, and since a body that is actually alive has its life from the source of actuality, namely, form. This meaning that the soul is the f Page 5 form of an organized body. Aristotle distinguished between three types of soul in order to indicate the three different ways a body can be organized. He called these the vegetative, sensitive, and rational souls. They represent various capacities of a body for activity.