Examples of 'final cause' in a sentence

Meaning of "final cause"

final cause - In philosophy, refers to the ultimate purpose or reason behind a particular action, event, or phenomenon. This phrase is commonly used in discussions related to metaphysics, ethics, or theology to explore the underlying motivations or intentions guiding various occurrences
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  • The purpose, goal, or end fulfilled by a thing.

How to use "final cause" in a sentence

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final cause
Final cause of death was some kind of ligature.
The infinite and final cause of creation.
Final cause is contrasted with efficient cause.
The argument from final cause or ends.
The final cause of the material universe.
He is its first and its final cause.
The final cause of wind direction is friction.
He identified these as formal and final cause.
The final cause is never the responsible cause.
Of particular importance is the final cause or purpose telos.
The final cause of an abortion is the death of a child.
Perhaps it is the final cause of the human nose.
It is apparently concerned with a rigidly determined final cause.
The final cause moves by attraction.
My report will note it as the final cause of death.

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It is the final cause or purpose for everything that exists.
Causality formal cause efficient cause final cause.
This points out the final cause of efficient causes.
Causality material cause efficient cause final cause.
The causality of the final cause is to be referred to its appetibility.
Aristotle said that everything has a final cause.
The final cause is the aim towards which something is directed.
The collective intellect is its own final cause.
The final cause and manner of death will be determined later.
Order to overthrow this doctrine of a final cause utterly.
The final cause of muscle tension is environmental stressors and habits.
Aristotle called this a final cause.
And the final cause is what is the statue made for.
But clearly a conditioned agency is not the final cause.
Final cause is related to.
Now the first of all causes is the final cause.
The final cause is to be sought for in the intention of the moulder.
Therefore the good has the notion of a final cause.
It is no final cause.
For experimental science to introduce the question of a final cause.
Cause and a final cause.
The efficient cause is demonstrated by means of the final cause.
The final cause is the purpose or function that something is supposed to serve.
Substance and final cause.
The final cause of human right is the common good of all people.
That is a question about the final cause of the will.
The final cause is the ultimate purpose for which a thing exists.
Everything has a purpose and that purpose is the final cause.
It is a final cause.
One comes then to the notion of a teleology without final cause.
The final cause is the purpose for which the thing has been created.
It is necessary to diagnose and determine the final cause of the problem.
The concept of final cause marks a metaphysical chasm that separates the ancients from moderns.
It is manifest that the soul is also the final cause of its body.
Final cause survives in science wherever Darwinian thinking has become habitual.

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