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| Question | Page |
|---|---|
| It is asked what the cause of the infinite is: (whether matter is the cause) | 167 |
| It is asked what the subject of the infinite is | 168 |
| It is asked in what infinity first exists; it is asked whether infinity is first owed to motion rather than magnitude Magnitude refers to the physical size or extent of an object. | 169 |
| It is asked whether infinity is first owed to time rather than motion | 170 |
| It is asked concerning the reasons of Aristotle for proving that the infinite exists, and first concerning the solution to the first argument | 170 |
| It is asked concerning the second reason of Aristotle | 172 |
| It is asked concerning the third reason of Aristotle | 173 |
| (It is asked concerning others) | 174 |
HERE BEGIN THE QUESTIONS ON THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE PHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE
(In a similar way, it is necessary to know about place just as about the infinite)
original: "Similiter autem necesse est de loco sicut de infinito cognoscere." This is the opening sentence of Book IV of Aristotle’s Physics, where he transitions from discussing the infinite to discussing the nature of location and space.
| Question | Page |
|---|---|
| It is asked whether these are the differences of place, namely: up, down, front, back, left, right: it is asked whether there are only two or six, it is asked how many there are | 175 |
| It is asked first concerning place, whether place exists | 176 |
| It is asked whether it is necessary to posit place | 177 |
| (It is asked whether it is for the sake of the constitution of things in being) This question explores whether the existence of physical things requires the existence of a specific place for them to inhabit. | 178 |
| It is asked what place is, it is asked whether it is matter or form or the space between the sides of the container: it is asked whether it is the form of the thing placed | 179 |
| It is asked whether place is matter, since it is not form | 180 |
| It is asked whether place is the space between the sides of the container | 181 |
| It is asked what place is according to its genus genus: in Aristotelian logic, the general category to which a thing belongs.: it is asked what place is according to its definition: it is asked whether it is a substance or an accident | 182 |
| It is asked whether it is a quantity or not | 183 |
| It is asked whether it should be contained under a surface | 183 |
| It is asked whether place is a body | 185 |
| It is asked whose accident accident: a property or quality that belongs to a thing but is not essential to its nature. place is | 187 |
| (It is asked which of these, namely the container or the thing placed, is the subject of place in itself) | 188 |
| It is asked how place is immobile | 189 |
| It is asked whether the immobility of place is through the privation Privation refers to the absence or lack of a quality that should normally be present. of local motion | 190 |
| (It is asked how place is immobile through identity) | 191 |
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