Question
Download Solution PDFArrange in sequence the following theory of causality in Aristotle's philosophy:
A. Material cause
B. Efficient cause
C. Formal cause
D. Final cause
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe Four Causes are Aristotle's answers to the question "Why". There are 4 kinds of answers to "Why" questions which are as follows:
- Material cause:- A material cause is determined by the matter that composes the changing things.
- Formal cause:- A formal cause is due to the arrangement, shape, or appearance, of the thing that is changing.
- Efficiency cause:- Also known as agency causes. An efficient cause consists of things apart from the thing being changed, which interact so as to be an agency of the change.
- Final cause:- Also known as end or purpose cause. It is for the sake of which a thing is changing.
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