Full Idea
An Aristotelian definition is causal.
Gist of Idea
An Aristotelian definition is causal
Source
report of Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], Bk II.2) by Charlotte Witt - Substance and Essence in Aristotle 1.5
Book Reference
Witt,Charlotte: 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' [Cornell 1994], p.35
A Reaction
[She refers us to Posterior Analytics II.2] This is important if we are tempted to follow a modern line of saying that we want Aristotelian essences, and that these are definitions. We ain't thinking of dictionaries.