Previously Unpublished Works of Roger Bacon, Fascicle 11: Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics and On Plants (1932) - Page 13


It is asked why he does not determine the opposition of these (causes) here	48
(It is asked why he does not prove the number and sufficiency of the causes)	48
It is asked whether one should posit a limit original: "statum." In scholastic logic, this refers to a "stopping point" to avoid an infinite regress of causes. and an end in principles and causes	48
It is asked whether it is necessary for an efficient cause The agent or force that brings something into being or initiates change. to exist	50
It is asked whether one should posit one primary efficient cause	51 f. 5 a 3.
It is asked whether one comes to a stop in that first efficient cause	52

It is asked whether matter is an accident A property that is not essential to the nature of a thing, such as its color or size.	53
It is asked whether matter is a body	54
It is asked whether matter is actually a body	56
It is asked whether it is possible for there to be one primary matter	57
It is asked whether one comes to a stop in that matter	58
(It is asked concerning its three-fold naming)	58
It is asked whether he determines a limit in material causes	58

It is asked how he determines differently original: "dissimiliter." The manuscript uses the word "differently" (differenter). the ways of something coming to be in this book (the second) and in the fifth and first books of the Physics	62
It is asked whether a boy comes from a man A classic Aristotelian example used to discuss the nature of change and whether the preceding state is the "cause" of the following state.	63
It is asked whether generation The process of coming-into-being or being created. is a middle ground between being and non-being	64
It is asked whether one comes to a stop in the final cause The "purpose" or "end goal" for which a thing exists.	64
It is asked whether one should posit one primary form and it is asked what that might be	65

It is asked whether prime matter The most fundamental substance that lacks all form and quality but has the potential to become anything. came into being under some form	68
It is asked whether prime matter exists under a single form	69
It is asked whether it came into being under simple or mixed forms	70
It is asked whether there is anything distinct within matter	71
It is asked whether matter is a universal A general concept or category that applies to many things, as opposed to a specific individual thing.	73
It is asked whether matter is a genus In logic, a broad class or group under which species are ranked.	73
It is asked whether matter can be predicated To "predicate" is to assert something about a subject—for example, saying "the apple is red" predicates the color red to the apple.	74
It is asked whether anything can be predicated of matter itself	74

It is asked whether numbers exist	76
It is asked whether number is caused by matter or by form	77