Did Aristotle success to explain the reality? Why? Please provide solid evidences to support your arguments.
Aristotle is a philosopher in Greek. Aristotle have idea to explain about the world include life of people, animal, and plant. Aristotle is a student of Plato but he have idea difference Plato so much. Aristotle explain about everything on the earth can change but Plato explain about the world of idea.
Aristotle focus on everything can change more than the world of idea (forms) it so opposite Plato. Plato try to said about world of idea. The world in which we live is not real everything is a simulation of world of idea. But Aristotle said "Aristotle did not believe in the existence of any such molds or forms that, as it were, lay on their own shelf beyond the natural world. On the contrary, to Aristotle the 'forms' were in the things, because they were the particular characteristics of these things"(Sophie's world, Jostein Gaarder.p.91). So, when forms live in things and what is make the thing it change. Aristotle explain about everything can change is substance. Substance is the thing it make everything can change in opinion of Aristotle.
In addition, Aristotle manage categories about things 2 type is nonliving things and living things According to Aristotle, nonliving things can only change through external influence. Only living things have the potentiality for change(Sophie's world, Jostein Gaarder.p.95). such as seed can growth up by natural, when seed growth up to tree it have productivity and the next time the tree has to die. Aristotle call the change is potential to the actual. But nonliving things such as stones, stones is a nonliving things can change by external factors for example when the rain fall to stones all the time. Stone is corrosion by the rain so, when consider about change of stones. Stones can't change by self but can change by everything is a external factors.
Aristotle explain everything about forms and substance. Substance is a things to control the nonliving thing and living thing such as dog have a form of dog but the dog is not same that of all. The result it make dogs difference is substance which indicates a specific characteristics of dog. Therefore, everything on the earth it have specific characteristics and form into self.
So, in my opinion I think Aristotle is successful about to explain the world because I believe about everything can change and substance is thing to control everything such as everyone was born in the world From time to time a girl growth up to a women, seed growth up to the tree, a boy growth up to a man because a girl, seed, and a boy is living thing can change by self and substance change everything follow to time. This is a result of me about I think Aristotle success to explain the reality.