Abstract

SAMMARONE, Leonardo. The Aristotelian Logic of Movement (κίνησις) and the Issue of Contact (ἁπτόμενα) in Physics and its Connection with other Treatises. Nova tellus [online]. 2025, vol.43, n.2, pp.27-53.  Epub Sep 26, 2025. ISSN 0185-3058.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.nt.2025.43.2/x001w03a250692.

Our work aims to provide an explanation of the natural logic of movement in Aristotle’s Physics on the basis of the pair mover-moved and the formulation of the relation among the parts, based on the contact thesis. So we focus on the first chapters of book III and especially on certain relevant chapters of books VII and VIII of the treatise. Starting from the general principle of movement and its characterization, we develop an unifying approach which intend to highlight some relevant aspects of Aristotelian theory of movement and show that the connection between the mover and the moved is basically accounted by the fact that every series of movements leads to a first mover which is not moved by another mover. One of our contributions is to show that the concept of the first mover is not simply identified with the Unmoved Prime Mover, but rather is related to the general concept of ‘first mover’ as the ultimate source of all motion and chain of motions. This way, according to the distinction between a mover part and a moved part, our conclusion is that the moving part that exists within every substance is the first immovable mover that originally imparts motion to the body or its material parts. The originality of our work is the connection with other treatises such as De Anima and De Motu Animalium through the thesis of contact.

Keywords : Aristotle; De Anima; De Motu Animalium; Movement; Principle; Contact.

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