1. Aristotle
The First Logician

2. Teacher of Alexander the Great

3. Categories of Reason Starting point of reason. Subject and predicates.
Each object has 9 categories or (predicates that can be applied to it) these predicates distiguish one object from another.

4. 9 Categories Quantity ( e.g. 6 feet tall) Quaility (e.g. Articulate)
Relation (e.g. Father to Son)
Place (e.g. at the college)
Date/Time (last week, Feb. 1st)
Posture (standing)
Possession (gold, clothes, shoes, bag)
Action (teaching)
Passivity (learning)

5. Syllogism

6. Metaphysics Aristotle considered Metaphysics to be “first philosophy”.
Dealt with basic questions of reality and existence.

7. Primary Substance

8. Matter and Form

9. Process of Change The Four Causes: Formal cause Material cause
Efficient cause
Final cause

10. Formal cause

11. Material cause

12. Efficient cause

13. Final cause