Question

Match the cause (from the Four Causes) with its discription

-       A.       B.       C.       D.	Material Cause
-       A.       B.       C.       D.	Formal Cause
-       A.       B.       C.       D.	Efficient Cause
-       A.       B.       C.       D.	Final Cause

A.	A thing's purpose
B.	The essence and/or shape of a thing
C.	The substance the thing is made of
D.	How a thing is made

Answer 1

Final Cause: A thing's purpose

teh final cause refers to the ultimate purpose of being. for example a chair, the purpose of it is to to rest and sit on it

Formal Cause: The essence and/or shape of a thing

refers to what makes one thing different from another thing. for example of the chair, the design of it is the formal cause as the shape defines the thing as a chair and not as something else

Material Cause: The substance the thing is made of

refers to the physical properties of an item nd what it is made of. ecxample, a chair is made out of wood . thus the wood is the material cause

Efficient Cause: How a thing is made

is an agent that brings something together. example, the chair was put together and made by the carpenter. thus the carpenter is the agent and the efficient cause