PT Journal
AU Bohacek, K
TI Aristotle's Reflection on the Tragic Concept of Cause
SO Aither
PY 2016
BP 72
EP 83
VL 8
IS 1
DI 10.5507/aither.2016.004
AB The article explores the possibility of Aristotle's inspiration by tragic thought in the topic of cause. In the first part, the author presents a general exposure of the theory of causes in Aristotle's philosophy. The second part focuses on the issue of cause in Posterior Analytics. In the third part the relation between cause and chance is analysed. The author builds on his earlier exploration of interrelation between nature and the human world in Aristotle. According to Bohacek, Aristotle's conceptualization of this relationship is the result of reflection of the older conception of fate and chance.Therefore, the fourth and largest part examines in extenso the textual evidence of the word-root "cause" in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Consequently, the author identifies a unified concept of the "tragic cause" and concludes with the view of the Aristotelian theory of cause as i.a. a result of broader reflection of an older tragic concept.
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