Four causes

elements of an influential principle in Aristotelian thought
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Four causes

Summary

Four causes is a cause[1]. It draws 511 Wikipedia views per month (cause category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Four causes's image is recorded as Aristotle's Four Causes of a Table.svg[3].
  • Four causes's instance of is recorded as cause[4].
  • Four causes's instance of is recorded as tetrad[5].
  • Four causes's Commons category is recorded as Four Causes[6].
  • Four causes's said to be the same as is recorded as Aitia[7].
  • Four causes's has part is recorded as formal cause[8].
  • Four causes's has part is recorded as final cause[9].
  • Four causes's has part is recorded as efficient cause[10].
  • Four causes's has part is recorded as material cause[11].
  • Four causes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lcqxk[12].
  • Four causes's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as final-causes[13].
  • Four causes's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 59204639[14].

Why It Matters

Four causes draws 511 Wikipedia views per month (cause category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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