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final cause

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causality [3] material cause [4] formal cause [5] efficient cause [6] teleology [7]

Definition

The end or purpose for which a thing is done or produced. This is the ultimate cause -- the source of change, or becoming -- of Aristotle's four causes: final, material, formal, and efficient. The other three causes are subordinate to the final cause.

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[1] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/knowledge/blog/lexicon [2] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/about [3] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/glossary/causality [4] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/glossary/material-cause [5] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/glossary/formal-cause [6] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/glossary/efficient-cause [7] https://managingresearchlibrary.org/glossary/teleology