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Aristotle: Accounting for change in the world

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 3:24 a.m.

Aristotleexplain change in the world through four causes (explanations). We can talk about the material cause (what stuff), Formal (what it is), efficient cause (who does it), and final cause (the purpose or why). It is easy to see these applied to constructed things, but it is crucial to understand how they apply to living things. His ethical theory will draw on these ideas.