[ExI] Is anyone an expert on Aristotle and Life?

[Mike Dougherty]

2011/12/29  <natasha at natasha.cc>:
> I'm a bit confused.  Aristotle's views on life in _De Anima_ are clear
> enough ("the psyche (not soul) is the cause or the source of the living body
> ...it is (a) the movement, it is (b) the end, it is (c) the essence of the
> whoel living body".  And that that there are four causes (conditions): its
> matter is its mater in which it exists; its from is the arrangement of
> matter; it is moves/changes; and it has an aim/purpose (telos).
>
> Is the absolutely teleological in the sense that it is religous and
> determined by a God?  Why is not the telos of human consciousness or aim to
> evolve (self-directed evolution), as in transhumanism?
>
> If someone can help me with this, I'd appreciate it.

re: the subject line "Is anyone an expert on Aristotle and Life"

I'm no more an expert on Aristotle than an expert on anything else.

If anyone claims to be an expert on Life they are trying to sell you
something.  :)