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2. which of these is not one of aristotle's four causes?

  • the informal cause
  • the formal cause - the shape of something determining its purpose. e.g - form of the cup is its shape, function is to hold liquid
  • the final cause - purpose of the thing, its reason for existing
  • the material cause - the matter something is made from
  • the efficient cause - the process that makes something happen e.g a painting is caused by the activity of an artist

3. what is telos?

  • lack of purpose
  • the idea that we have a goal/purpose
  • the creator

4. what is the prime mover?

  • the same as the form of the good
  • the cause of all motion in the universe. exists outside of the universe
  • our creator
  • god

5. quote which shows aristotle as an empiricist =

  • 'there is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the sense'
  • 'there is nothing in the sense that was not first in the intellect'
  • 'previously he had been looking merely at phantoms, now he is nearer to the true nature of being'
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