Analogia e teoria dei principi in Aristotele

[Machine translation] ABSTRACT, Analogy (ἀναλογία) according to Aristotle, is a way given items can, be regarded as identical, more exactly, it is the weakest way given, items can be regarded as identical. Yet, as Metaphysics Lambda 4-5, puts it, this kind of identity, i.e. sameness, plays a role in Aristotle’s, science of principles. For these – he says – are different for different, beings, identical by analogy though. Only the prime unmoved, mover, the purely intelligible substance, is one in number for the, entire universe. Emphasis here is on its absolute primacy – Aristotle, is here selling the main core of Metaphysics Lambda. But does he, really need to dismiss his entire theoretical philosophy for this sake?, Its major of path, as Aristotle explains in Metaphysics Alpha, has, been increasingly prepared by centuries of efforts on the part of, Presocratic Thinkers, seeking for matter, i.e. material principle, in, all kinds of being, then by Plato’s theory of ideas putting the formal, cause in the middle. We ask therefore: what is exactly the point, the, value, the weight to be attributed to Aristotle’s emphasis that, principles in the physical world can be identified by analogy, that, is, by analogy only?, SUMMARY, In Aristotle's work, analogy is a mode of identity., More exactly, it is the weakest way to consider, items given as identical. According to Lambda Metaphysics, 4-5, this type of identity plays a role in the science of principles, by Aristotle. Because these — he says — are different for beings, different, but identical by analogy. Only the first, The immobile motor, the purely intelligible substance, is an in, number for the entire universe. The emphasis here is on its primacy, absolute — Aristotle highlights here the main core of , Lambda metaphysics. But does he really need to reject his, big construction in theoretical philosophy for this? The theory, of the four causes, as shown so well in his book Metaphysics, Alpha, was worked through centuries of effort by the pre-Socrats,, then by the Pythagoreans, and by Plato's theory of ideas. On, He then asks himself: what exactly is the point, the value, the weight at, attribute to this emphasis that Aristotle places in Lambda 4-5, on, the identity of the principles and causes of being by analogy — and, So only by analogy?