'Virtus' y 'species' en la filosofía de la naturaleza de Roger Bacon (c. 1220-1293)
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El artículo analiza el uso que Roger Bacon hace del concepto de virtus en los Communia naturalium y De multiplication specierum. Nos centramos en el papel que desempeñan la virtus y las especies como transmisores de la causalidad en el reino de lo inanimado. Se analizan las distintas funciones que desempeña la virtus en el movimiento de las esferas celestes, la fuerza del lugar natural, la atracción del hierro por el imán y la naturaleza universal. El análisis concluye que la virtus es un poder eficiente, una característica de la forma capaz de provocar el movimiento local y de instigar los procesos naturales. La especie es la respuesta de la materia a la estimulación realizada por la virtus a través de la cual se realiza toda acción natural, con exclusión del movimiento local. La especie es una potencia no eficiente, un “apetito” interno de la materia. Es una expresión de la inclinación inherente a la materia para promoverse y perfeccionarse, el resultado de la “potencialidad activa” de la materia.
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