Spontaneous Generation in Aristotle under an analysis of Necessary Natural Processes
Keywords:
Spontaneous generation, natural necessities, compositional processes, living organisms, inanimate homogeneous bodiesAbstract
I aim, in this paper, to develop an investigation regarding the necessary natural processes involved in the compositional activity of spontaneously generated living organisms in Aristotle. In order to elaborate this investigation, I’ll try to conduct an explanatory reasoning in which certain types of necessity will be delimited, involved in the study of different beings and natural phenomena, which can be identified in Aristotelian treatises of natural philosophy. From this investigation, I’ll then draw a comparative examination between the compositional activities of inanimate homogeneous bodies (metals/minerals) and of living beings generated by spontaneity. With this, I intend to establish a certain understanding or discernment about the nature of spontaneous generation in Aristotle.
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