12/3 Physics II.7, 647; III.1, 652-653; VIII.6, 657-658; Metaphysics XII.9, 739-740; Lear photocopy

Themes: Actuality and potentiality, the unmoved mover

1. How does Aristotle use the concepts of actuality and potentiality to explain the process of change?

2. What is an unmoved mover and why does Aristotle think it is necessary to posit one?

3. According to Aristotle, what is the nature of divine understanding and what does it understand?