Aristotle on Movement, Incompleteness and the Now
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Abstract According to Aristotle, the present is an indivisible instant, or now. Aristotle holds that present-tense movement claims are sometimes true, but he argues nothing ‘kineitai’ (moves/is moving) in He characterizes as something ‘incomplete’ while it occurring. My paper attempt understand this combination of views. I draw a contrast between Aristotle’s position and alternative view (defended by certain modern philosophers, also Plotinus), on which claim made true existence wholly And give some reasons for preferring position.
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عنوان ژورنال: Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0309-7013', '1467-8349']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/arisup/akad005