The Basic Principles of Nature Aristotle's Physics begins with an in-depth discussion of the basic principles of nature. Aristotle says that there are a number of basic principles that can account for natural processes. Aristotle arrived at the idea of ​​basic principles by synthesizing the theories of philosophers and drawing out the underlying principles that they all had in common. Aristotle discovered that the primary cause of the creation of all things is matter, form and privation. 1To reach these conclusions about matter, form and privation, Aristotle had to consider the theories of his predecessors. He was then able to find truth and error in their arguments. He then began to dispel error while retaining and applying the truth to his own philosophy. By proposing his new theory, he was able to correct the problems using the theories of early philosophers. By studying all the pre-Socratic philosophical ideas regarding basic principles, Aristotle was able to deduce the common denominator, common to all pre-Socratic ideas. , that is to say that in nature, the basic principles had to be contradictory. Thales was a mathematician who studied in Egypt and is well known for his famous theorem about right angles. 2He is also famous for stating that water was the only principle of nature because without water all living things would die. The opposites of the water theory were the condensation and rarefaction of water which would give it different forms. Another example is Anaximenes, who said that air was nature's primary source because most things need oxygen to live. Anaximenes explains his doctrine of change through air: “[Air] differs essentially according to its rarity or density. When...... in the middle of the article......, although its form may change, solved the problem that some philosophers had of not believing in first matter. Aristotle's analysis of the basic principles of the early philosophers was only the first step toward his quest to discover the source of all natural processes. In establishing his first general argument for these fundamental principles of matter, form, and privation, Aristotle was able to continue his research on a variety of different topics, ranging from general topics like motion, causality, time, to evaluations and systematic accounts of natural phenomena of all kinds. natural entities.Bibliography1. Aristotle, Physics or natural healing. Edited by Glen Coughlin. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press, 2004.2. Fieser, James and Bradley Dowden. "Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." 1995. http://www.iep.utm.edu/ (accessed April. 29, 2011).