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GAME…
Let me guess!
 “ARISTOTLE’S
CONCEPT OF
HUMAN BEING”
WHO IS
ARISTOTLE?
•A Greek philosopher and polymath
during the classical period in Ancient
Greece.
•He is the father of western
philosophy.
•The most famous student of Plato.
•BUT, there are a lot of
differences in their
philosophies.
•Like Plato, Aristotle also believes that
human beings are composed of body
and soul.
•However, it is how the soul is related
to the body that Aristotle differs from
Plato.
•The MATTER
and FORM.
•FORM. Is the principle which
actualizes a thing and makes
thing.
•MATTER. Is viewed as the
potentiality to receive the form.
 FOR EXAMPLE:

•A piece of paper has matter and

form. If we burn the paper it will turn
into ash because the actual paper
has the potency to become ashes.
•FORM refers to the soul.
•MATTER refers to the
body.
•Like Plato, Aristotle also
divides the function of
the soul into three:
nutrition, sensation, and
intellection.
•Nutritive function: Plants
•Sensitive function: Animals
•Intellective function:
separates from other
function.
Thank you.