19 May 2022

The Four Causes

Lesson Twelve in Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy, with Fr Dominic Legge, OP, JD, STL, STD, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Thomistic Institute.

“Knowledge is the object of our inquiry, and men do not think they know a thing till they have grasped the ‘why’ of the thing.” - Aristotle, Physics

One of the most important questions human beings ask is, “Why?”. Following Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas thinks that there are four ways to answer this question, traditionally called the four causes.

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