Aristotle's Four Causes

Aristotle believed that there were four causes that should be seen as how things evolve into other things. An example of that would be figuring out what the answer to a question is by figuring out what caused it and why it is the answer. The four causes are material, formal, efficient, and final. The material cause is why and how materials are brought together to make something bigger, such as the wood and stone that make up a house as the notes on physics says. The formal cause is how the thing, (like the house) is changing or forming into a certain arrangement. The efficient cause is what outside source contributes to the evolution of the object. The final form is finding the purpose for why the thing or object evolved for. Aristotle