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Meaning of "final cause" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL CAUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINAL CAUSE

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determiner
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Final cause is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FINAL CAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Four causes

Four Causes refers to an influential principle in Aristotelian thought whereby causes of change or movement are categorized into four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?". Aristotle wrote that "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause." While there are cases where identifying a cause is difficult, or in which causes might merge, Aristotle was convinced that his four causes provided an analytical scheme of general applicability. Aristotle held that there were four kinds of causes: ▪ A change or movement's material cause is the aspect of the change or movement which is determined by the material which the moving or changing things are made of. For a table, that might be wood; for a statue, that might be bronze or marble. ▪ A change or movement's formal cause is a change or movement caused by the arrangement, shape or appearance of the thing changing or moving. Aristotle says for example that the ratio 2:1, and number in general, is the cause of the octave.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINAL CAUSE

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Final Four
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Final Solution
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finale
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finalism
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FINAL CAUSE

andropause
applause
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because
cause
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concause
efficient cause
escalation clause
first cause
just cause
lost cause
menopause
opt-out clause
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sub-clause
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Synonyms and antonyms of final cause in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «final cause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINAL CAUSE

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Translator English - Chinese

最终的原因
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

causa final
570 millions of speakers

English

final cause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंतिम कारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السبب النهائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конечная причина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

causa final
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চূড়ান্ত কারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cause finale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sebab akhir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

letzte Ursache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

目的因
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최종 원인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sabab pungkasan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên nhân thức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறுதி காரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतिम कारण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nihai neden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

causa finale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostateczna przyczyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кінцева причина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cauza finală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τελική αιτία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

finale oorsaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slutlig orsak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

endelige årsaken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of final cause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINAL CAUSE»

The term «final cause» is normally little used and occupies the 115.455 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINAL CAUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about final cause

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINAL CAUSE»

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Outlines of a Philosophical Argument on the Infinite and the ...
1847. Swedenborg, a noted Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian, is best known for his later writings in which he presents ideas, both Christian and ecumenical, for a new spiritual era or new church to be known as the New Jerusalem.
Emanuel Swedenborg, 2010
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Energy: Efficient And Final Cause (LARGE PRINT EDITION)
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) Philosophic Series: No. II.
James McCosh, 2011
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From Cause to Causation: A Peircean Perspective
But, the view that the final interpretant is the final cause of semeiosis, is not unproblematic either. On the contrary. One should remember that Peirce held the view that final causation involves a triadic relation between a general final cause,  ...
M. Hulswit, 2002
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Aquinas: A New Introduction
The efficient cause is cause of the final cause and the final cause is the cause of the efficient cause, though in different respects. Concurring with Aristotle, Aquinas states, . . . The efficient cause is the cause of the final cause inasmuch as it ...
John Peterson, 2008
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The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology
The mediaevals thought of the further consequence normally brought about by some effect of an inanimate efficient cause as the final cause of that effect. The final cause of rainfall is watering the ground. (Efficient and final causes may be ...
Alan Richardson, John Bowden, 1983
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The Escape of the Mind
The effects of a wide final cause are intrinsic to their cause; the effects of a narrow final cause are extrinsic to their cause. To take another baseball example, running bases is intrinsic to playing baseball, whereas buying a bat is extrinsic to  ...
Howard Rachlin, 2014
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Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Third Edition): The ...
always the case that an effect has a final cause distinct from its efficient cause, since sometimes the same thing is both a final cause and an efficient cause. For instance, God, who is an efficient cause and an end with respect to many effects,  ...
Arthur Hyman, James Jerome Walsh, Thomas Williams, 2010
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Trust: Forms, Foundations, Functions, Failures and Figures
This includes final cause (goals that people have), efficient cause (agency), material cause (inputs used), formal cause (knowledge, skill, methods), exemplary cause (prototypes, role models) and conditional causes that constrain or enable the ...
B. Nooteboom, 2002
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Plato's Craft of Justice
The good itself as final cause of imitation has two aspects then. The two aspects correspond roughly to the two senses of final cause in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Book XII, chapter 7 (1072b 1-5). The context is the explanation of the way that the  ...
Richard D. Parry, 1996
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Avicenna
The final cause is that for the sake of which these forms were imprinted into matters. (Physics, I.2, 15.6–9) Later in the Physics, Avicenna develops his account of these causes as they apply to natural science. Thus, concerning the efficient ...
Jon McGinnis, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINAL CAUSE»

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Missing man found dead in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The medical examiner will announce the final cause of death, said Mary Pat Doorley, spokesperson for the National Park Service. Peninsula ... «Hudson Hub-Times, Jul 15»
2
Single-vehicle crash kills motorist
The final cause of death and toxicology results are pending an autopsy to be performed by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, ... «Bay Net, Jul 15»
3
Name Released in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident in Owings
The final cause of death and toxicology results are pending an autopsy to be performed by Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, ... «Southern Maryland News Net, Jul 15»
4
Viscera report in a month, says AIIMS
... injuries were found on the deceased. The doctors say that the final cause of death will be known only after the viscera report. Post Comment. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
Man found in mall bathroom dead from suspected drug overdose
The final cause of death in both cases will be determined by a coroner in the coming weeks. Many police departments around the country have ... «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Jul 15»
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Autopsy: 3-year-old girl drowned in Mokena swimming pool
A final cause of death is pending toxicology results. Order Reprint Print Article. Interested in reusing this article? Custom reprints are a powerful ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
7
Iowa Man Killed In Crash On I-80
An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday and the final cause of death will be determined pending police, autopsy and toxicology reports. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Scribe's viscera reaches Delhi in 72 hours
The report reserved opinion on final cause of death which will be known only after viscera report. The doctors say that prima facie the death ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Docs reserve opinion on scribe's death
The report further said that the final cause of death will be known only after viscera report. The doctors say that prima facie the death appears to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Towards the Goal Through a System of Relationships - By Osvaldo …
A target is defined as a sense of final cause, i.e. related to a goal or purpose. In the case of Experiential Hospitality it is related to transform ... «Hotel News Resource, Jul 15»

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