In this work we show how in Aristotle's and Plato's physics are already pre- figured important constitutive elements of modern western thinking discuss here the concepts of matter, space, time and movement as a major contribution physics has given to modern western thought. Therefore, Physics, as a model science, has greatly contributed to rational-logi c fundament of western cosmovision; now it is facing the strive of enforcing, in some way, the ethical fundament of such cosmovision.