Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption

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philosophical treatise work of natural philosophy

Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.

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Label	Occurrences
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption canonical	1
Aristotle’s corpus of natural philosophy	1
Aristotle’s physical works	1
Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς	1

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Target entity: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Context triple: [Aristotelian physics, basedOn, Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption]

A. Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
B. Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
C. Aristotle’s On the Heavens
Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
D. On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
E. Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Target entity description: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.

A. Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
B. Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
C. Aristotle’s On the Heavens
Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
D. On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
E. Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	philosophical treatise ⓘ work of natural philosophy ⓘ
author	Aristotle ⓘ
canonicalStatus	part of the traditional Aristotelian Organism of natural works ⓘ
commentedOnBy	Averroes ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas medieval commentators on Aristotle ⓘ
dateWritten	4th century BCE ⓘ
follows	Physics (by Aristotle) ⓘ linked to: Aristotelianism
genre	philosophical prose ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
influenced	Islamic philosophy ⓘ Scholastic philosophy ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas early modern theories of matter ⓘ medieval Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
keyDoctrine	analysis of mixture as a genuine unity ⓘ distinction between alteration and substantial generation ⓘ doctrine of matter and form in coming-to-be ⓘ four primary qualities (hot, cold, dry, moist) ⓘ four-element theory (earth, water, air, fire) ⓘ role of contraries in change ⓘ
latinTitle	De Generatione et Corruptione ⓘ
originalTitle	Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς ⓘ linked to: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
partOf	Aristotle’s corpus of natural philosophy ⓘ linked to: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption Aristotle’s physical works ⓘ linked to: Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
philosophicalTradition	Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
preservedIn	Greek manuscript tradition ⓘ medieval Latin translations ⓘ
relatedWork	Meteorology (by Aristotle) ⓘ
structure	Book I ⓘ Book II ⓘ
studiedIn	history of philosophy ⓘ history of science ⓘ metaphysics of change ⓘ
subject	change ⓘ coming-to-be and passing-away ⓘ continuity and discontinuity in change ⓘ corruption of substances ⓘ elements and elemental theory ⓘ formal causes ⓘ generation of substances ⓘ material causes ⓘ mixture ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ potentiality and actuality ⓘ qualitative change ⓘ substantial change ⓘ
writtenInLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ