Original scientific paper
Petrić’s critique of Aristotle’s concept of οὐσία in the Discussiones peripateticae
LUKA BORŠIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-7880
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In the 4th book of the 2nd vol. of the Discussiones peripateticae (1581) F. Petrić criticizes Aristotle’s concept of οὐσία and especially the connection between the theoretical sciences and the concept of οὐσία as Aristotle conceived of it. Petrić’s critique is that whichever understanding
of Aristotle’s concept of οὐσία we take, we find ourselves in serious philosophical problems. If we understand it as substantia, then Aristotle’s tripartition of the theoretical sciences becomes dubious; if we understand it as essentia, then the very existence of science as science about οὐσία comes into question. Criticizing Aristotle’s concept of οὐσία Petrić questions the foundation of Aristotle’s concept of science itself. Petrić’s goal was to replace Aristotle’s philosophy with Platonism and one step towards reaching this goal was proving that Aristotle’s doctrine about substance is chaotic and erroneous. According to Petrić it was this faulty doctrine about substance that lead many generations into wrong understanding of what a true scientific object is.
Keywords
Frane Petrić; Discussiones peripateticae; Aristotle; substance; theoretical sciences; mathematics
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Publication date:
10.2.2010.
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