Metaphysics

In the history of philosophy, the first major role is known with the name of Metaphysics. Aristotle was the student of Plato, and Plato's teacher was Socratic. However, more or less the perceptions of all philosophers are same, and usually refer to Socratic. Aristotle was a treatise the Metaphysics, and by his name, we come to know this philosophy. Indeed, Aristotle himself was not ever used that title or even never described his work as metaphysics. In the first century of C.E., an editor assembled the writing work of Aristotle, and we know this with the name of Metaphysics, out of various little selections of Aristotle's work. The name Metaphysics represents the meaning of “after the physics”. It is very likely to indicate the place discussed topics therein was meant to occupy in the curriculum of philosophy (Richard, Sterling, &Scott, 115).

Introduction of Plato's forms

Naturally, man is inquisitive. He always tries to explore the reality since his birth. The principle of religious, scientific theories and ideas of philosophy is consequences of this human's curiosity. This searching of reality is not new, it is quite old one, but the journey of exploring reality must be quite old. It is by means of preservation in history, Greek civilization appeared to be originated point. The role of Greek philosophers is appreciated in exploring reality. Their best try was to comprehend the natural behavior of the universe.

Plato said that our eyes are not able to see these forms, but our “souls” are participated in the endless world's forms prior to be incarnate in a body. These “souls” participation always retains the memory of these bodies (Burger, 95).

Critique

There are numerous points where Aristotle has a conflict with the Plato's metaphysical reflections. Aristotle believed that the form of Plato's theory was not clearly explained. He said his forms were failed with its two different realms; he failed to explain that what his meant to explain. The permanence and the order in “this” world were two major failures of his forms, and how an individual can have knowledge of “this” world.

Aristotle elaborated this general criticism into two more particular objections:

The obscurity of the notion of participation or imitation

Materials are objected to imitate or participate in the forms, according to Plato's philosophy. This relation is a virtue to the forms of the realm that physical materials are cognizable and have order. However, Aristotle argued in alpha that it is not possible to define what imitations or participations are exact (Richard, Sterling, &Scott, 115). The form properties are unchangeable, eternal, transcendent etc, and these all are not compatible with objectivity of material. Aristotle criticized with a beautiful some questions that;

How can a white object be participated or imitated the forms of whiteness?

Is the whitening of a white object itself?

How can an object be white without anything which is already white?

What are the intersectional properties of a white object and the forms of whiteness?

It is like that the metamorphism of imitation or participation is to collapse in these cases because of the ...