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Guessanym
Four causes

cause

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Keyword:   four
Context:   For example, if asking why a table is such and such, an explanation in terms of the four causes would sound like this: This table is solid and brown because it is made of wood (matter); it does not collapse because it has four legs of equal length (form); it is as it is because a carpenter made it, starting from a tree (agent); it has these dimensions because it is to be used by humans (end).
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    • This table is solid and brown because it is made of wood
    • it does not collapse because it has four legs of equal length
    • it is as it is because a carpenter made it starting from a tree
    • it has these dimensions because it is to be used by humans
Full context:   In Physics II.3, I.7-9 and Metaphysics V.2, Aristotle holds that there are four kinds of answers to "why" questions: The four "causes" are not mutually exclusive. For Aristotle, several, preferably four, answers to the question "why" have to be given to explain a phenomenon and especially the actual configuration of an object. For example, if asking why a table is such and such, an explanation in terms of the four causes would sound like this: This table is solid and brown because it is made of wood (matter); it does not collapse because it has four legs of equal length (form); it is as it is because a carpenter made it, starting from a tree (agent); it has these dimensions because it is to be used by humans (end).
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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

logic

Source
G.W.F. Hegel
Area
Philosophy
Mode
step
Depth
11
User
scotty

noble truth

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty

recovery

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