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Essay / Aristotle's Four Principal Causes - 1966
For some, the causes and effects of things are mutually exclusive and coexist with each other. When looking at specific equipment or even life, the question arises whether there must be a narrative that took place before these objects ceased to exist. In particular, Aristotle argues that every thing, whatever it is, will have causes, or types of explanatory factors, by which that thing can be explained. Meaningful knowledge of causes allows us to know precise stories. It's like wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg. Everything in life asks a question of cause; something must have happened to cause today's nature. These causes are apparent in the answers to everyday questions, which in turn explains that the causes of life clarify the being that stood before it and that these causes constitute the same entity. Taken from Ph.II.3 and Metaph.I.3 of Aristotle's accounts for four specific causes of things; The modification takes place based on four different types of causes. These causes can also be elucidated as explanations; they describe various reasons why the change occurred. The four causes are material causes, which explain what something is made of; formal cause, which explains the form or model to which a thing corresponds; the efficient cause, which is what we usually mean by “cause”, the original source of the change; and the final cause, which is the desired goal of the change. For example, when manufacturing a car, the material cause is the materials with which the car is made, the formal cause is the engineers' design, the efficient cause is the development of its construction, and the final cause is to provide a means of transportation to arrive and leave one place to another. Natural objects, such as fl...... middle of paper ......BibliographyAristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 194b, 24-25. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 194b, 27. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 194b, 30. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 194b, 31. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 195a, 24-25. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Physical . Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 198a, 25-30. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Metaph. Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 983a, 24-26. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Metaph. Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 983a, 26-28. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Metaph. Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 983b, 9-10. Aristotle. "Selections". Aristotle. Metaph. Cambridge: Hackett, 1995. 983b, 12-13.