O princípio de causalidade em Aristóteles - Causa material, formal, eficiente e final

#theoryofknowledge #ancientphilosophy #aristotle In this video lesson, we will study the principle of causality in Aristotle: Material, formal, efficient, and final cause. We will see the teleological character (which concerns purpose) of this principle and, in addition, we will do a college entrance exam question related to the content of the lesson. A little about the work of Aleijadinho and the character of Pericles, the great strategist of Athens, will also be addressed in this lesson. “The natural philosopher and the dialectician will give different definitions for each of these affections. For example, in the case of the question “What is anger?”, the dialectician will say that it is a desire for revenge, or something of that kind; the natural philosopher will say that it is a heating of the blood or hot fluids of the heart. One explains according to matter, the other, according to form and definition. The definition is the “what is” of the thing, but, to exist, it needs matter.” Considering the passage above, taken from Aristotle's (384-322 BC) work *On the Soul*, select the alternative that correctly names the Aristotelian doctrine in question. a) Theory of categories. b) Theory of act-potency. c) Theory of causes. d) Theory of eudaimonism. Good studies!