The ABC's of Motion

One of the very interesting and complex aspects of nature that Aristotle talked about in his text was the three parts of motion. As we had tried to decipher this in class through the use of the ABC method, we learned quickly that it is seemingly more complex than meets the eye. As class conversed, we deemed A as being the mover, B as being that which causes the motion and C, the moved. One example we played around at was that of hunger. I thought this was interesting but tried to expand the idea further. One can apply this concept to a lot of everyday examples. One such example is that of survival of an organism, for arguments sake while under attack. The mover in this situation would be the intent of survival and self preservation. As this is a manifestation of thought, nothing would seem to move. The thing that causes the motion would be the body. The body is a medium for which the information travels and which is directed to the appropriate parts of the body. These messages transferred through this medium cause’s motion of the specific parts of the body, in this example for either self defense, or the act of fleeing. I can see where Aristotle is going with his ideas, as complicated as they seem. If one were to analyze situations, one can pick out the individual aspects of moving. So, Aristotle has some method to his madness, one might say.