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Four causes

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Keyword:   four
Context:   Aristotle wrote that "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause." While there are cases in which classifying a "cause" is difficult, or in which "causes" might merge, Aristotle held that his four "causes" provided an analytical scheme of general applicability.
Full context:   The four causes or four explanations are, in Aristotelian thought, categories of questions that explain "the why's" of something that exists or changes in nature. The four causes are the: material cause, the formal cause, the efficient cause, and the final cause. Aristotle wrote that "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause." While there are cases in which classifying a "cause" is difficult, or in which "causes" might merge, Aristotle held that his four "causes" provided an analytical scheme of general applicability.
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Polynym
Four causes

cause

Source
Aristotle
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Four causes

cause

Source
Aristotle
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
https://www.marxis...

logic

Source
G.W.F. Hegel
Area
Philosophy
Mode
step
Depth
11
User
scotty
Polynym
Four Noble Truths

noble truth

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
http://kevinfitzma...

recovery

Source
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob Smith
Area
Medicine
Mode
step
Depth
12
User
scotty
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