In essay form, utilizing any of the resources listed below, and in no more than 700 words, please upload a document responding to all of the following:
(1) Identify, state, and explain at least three different definitions of nature.
(2) What sort of definitions are they? Real or nominal? Logical, causal, descriptive, or mixed?**
(3) How are these definitions of nature related? Is one of them more primary than another? If so, which one?
(4) Having identified a principle or primary definition of nature, explain why this definition is the primary or principal definition of nature.
(5) What is nature?
Approved Sources:
Aristotle, Physics, book 2
*Aristotle, Metaphysics, book 5, ch. 4
*Boethius, Against Eutyches & Nestorius, ch. 1
Hugh of St. Victor, Didascalicon, book 1, ch. 10
The uploaded document should include your name, be single-spaced, with 1 in. margins all around, and executed in a standard 12 pt. font such as Times New Roman, Arial, Garamond, etc. You should provide parenthetical citations wherever applicable and use your sources as foundations for your answers. If you are relying on a modern source to address one of the questions, then you should place the author’s last name, abbreviated title, and page number within parentheses. If you are relying on an ancient or medieval source reading, then place the author’s name, abbreviated title, and book, chapter, section, or page number within parentheses.
Remember, your essay should be your own. This is not a research paper. Do not copy and paste from outside web sources or consult any unauthorized material (whether print or digital). If you would like to utilize a source you are unsure about, please seek permission from the professor. Use of unauthorized source material will result in a “0” on the assignment. Use of a Chatbot or any other form of conversational AI is absolutely prohibited. Use of Quillbot or any other form of AI assisted writing enhancement is absolutely prohibited. The consequences for plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty are outlined in the syllabus.
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