Comparing Aristotle's 'Timaeus And' On The Heavens
“Our World is solitary”
Introduction
This essay aims to address different conceptions of two authors on the composition of this world. The chosen articles for analysis and comparison are Timaeus by Plato and On the Heavens by Aristotle.
Discussion
Stance of Author on World and its creation
Aristotle presents a concrete statement backed by a number of arguments in his article On the Heavens. He suggests that “there cannot be more than one world” (Artistotle, n.d., p. 68). In order to support his stance about the regularities and patterns of his description of the world, he argues that movement of all the bodies is natural without any constraints, however if a body is forced to move other than its natural movement, we cannot call it natural, it would be the opposite of natural (Aristotle, n.d., p. 71). He further puts that all the worlds must comprise of similar bodies and they must have similar movements, their movements except for the natural motions are enforced movements hence if there are bodies which have similar names but their traits are not the same then their world cannot be called world except for just by name (Aristotle, n.d., p. 71). He emphasizes that there can be only one center and one circumference …show more content…
He argues that motions are limited and pre-defined and that the starting point of a motion for any particle is different from the end point or the goal (Aristotle, n.d. p. 77). Plato discusses the motions of inner circle and outer circle, he argues that God has made 6 divisions within the inner motion and 7 unequal circles were created to move in opposite directions; he argues that Sun, Mercury and Venus move with equal swiftness whereas the remaining four circles which include Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Moon move with unequal swiftness (Plato, n.d. p.
Introduction
This essay aims to address different conceptions of two authors on the composition of this world. The chosen articles for analysis and comparison are Timaeus by Plato and On the Heavens by Aristotle.
Discussion
Stance of Author on World and its creation
Aristotle presents a concrete statement backed by a number of arguments in his article On the Heavens. He suggests that “there cannot be more than one world” (Artistotle, n.d., p. 68). In order to support his stance about the regularities and patterns of his description of the world, he argues that movement of all the bodies is natural without any constraints, however if a body is forced to move other than its natural movement, we cannot call it natural, it would be the opposite of natural (Aristotle, n.d., p. 71). He further puts that all the worlds must comprise of similar bodies and they must have similar movements, their movements except for the natural motions are enforced movements hence if there are bodies which have similar names but their traits are not the same then their world cannot be called world except for just by name (Aristotle, n.d., p. 71). He emphasizes that there can be only one center and one circumference …show more content…
He argues that motions are limited and pre-defined and that the starting point of a motion for any particle is different from the end point or the goal (Aristotle, n.d. p. 77). Plato discusses the motions of inner circle and outer circle, he argues that God has made 6 divisions within the inner motion and 7 unequal circles were created to move in opposite directions; he argues that Sun, Mercury and Venus move with equal swiftness whereas the remaining four circles which include Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Moon move with unequal swiftness (Plato, n.d. p.