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The science of physics, Aristotle stresses, contains almost all there is to know about the world. Were there no separate forms-entities such as the unmoved mover at the pinnacle of the cosmos-which are without matter and are not part of the physical world, physics would be what Aristotle calls first philosophy ( Metaphysics 6.1, 1026a27-31).

Aristotle's Physics

Physics: Books I to IV The Physics takes its title from the Greek word phusis, which translates more accurately as "the order of nature." The first two books of the Physics are Aristotle's general introduction to the study of nature.

The key term "quintessence" is discussed mostly in the second paragraph.

Another resource :) http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p10/aristotle-physics.html

An excellent presentation comparing Galileo's and Aristotle's concepts of physics.

I am impressed with the scope of what Aristotle could comprehend and tried to study.

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