John Blair Wells ANCIENT GREEK PHYSICS : ARISTOTLE

John Blair Wells : Fan of Physics John Blair Wells is a huge fan of physics. Much of what we know about physics today as a science stems back to ancient Greece, a place inhabited by some of the first notable philosophers and scientists of humanity. One era of growth that substantially effected physics and how we interpret the universe was the classical period in Greece, which occurred through the 6th-4th centuries BC. Over these centuries, natural philosophy was an area of study that would develop into an exciting and scientific field, one later dubbed physics.

One notable and prominent figure in Greek philosophy and physics was Aristotle, a pupil of Plato that promoted the idea that by simply observing natural events, we could figure out what laws rule over them.  Aristotle’s studies extended to the world of physics, poetry, theater, logic, politics, government, ethics, and much more.

Aristotle would continue to make a huge impact on the way the world was viewed, referring to nearly every human study and scientific discipline as “Physics”. He would even go on to create his own system of physics titled, “Aristotelian physics”. Using his system, he attempted to explain many complex ideas, including the laws of motion and gravity. He also had a theory of four different essential elements, earth, water, fire, and air. While this kind of speculation was not purely scientific, it did pave the way for the process, getting people to think abstractly about naturally occurring phenomenon. Aristotle would even claim that these four essential elements had directional characteristics, meaning a stone always fell (earth, and fire always rose.

John Blair Wells is a landman operating in Texas that also has a deep interest in the science of physics and its history.

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