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Metaphysics (Aristotle)
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Selected discussions of substance, matter, form, potentiality and actuality ask what makes something a definite thing.
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Guided course · Module 5 · Lesson 23
What counts as explaining something?
Aristotle’s four causes answer different questions about one thing. A cup and a growing plant test what matter, form and an end can explain, including an end that no one consciously intends.