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jmdict 2513910 Active (id: 2223594)
目的因
もくてきいん
1. [n] {philosophy}
▶ final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2513930 質料因 1. material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
  ⇔ see: 2513920 形相因 1. formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
  ⇔ see: 2513950 作用因 1. efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")



History:
3. A 2023-03-04 00:00:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 【哲】 〔アリストテレスの説く 4 原因の 1 つ〕 the final cause.
  Diff:
@@ -12,3 +12,3 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2513930">質料因・しつりょういん</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2513920">形相因・けいそういん</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2513950">作用因・さよういん</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513930">質料因</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513920">形相因</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513950">作用因</xref>
2. A* 2023-03-03 15:52:54  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
四原因説
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/四原因説
質料因(羅: causa materialis) 
形相因(羅: causa formalis)
作用因(羅: causa efficiens)
目的因(羅: causa finalis)

https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/目的因/
アリストテレスの説いた四原因の一。....  →形相因 →質料因 →動力因 (daijs)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_causes
See also: Potentiality and actuality
This article uses the word 'cause' in its traditional scholarly philosophical sense, not to be confused with the word's main usage in current ordinary language.
  Comments:
Main purpose of edit: communicate "do not use if you don't know exactly what this is".

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Funny... do we really want these entries?  If so, need to update the other three as well. In daijs :)

It would seem they were created as a set.

Aristotles 4 causes:
四原因説	156    MISSING in jmdict (not in daijs, which just lists the 4 causes as I have done)
質料因	760	20.8%
形相因	727	19.9%
作用因	725	19.9%
目的因	1283	35.1%
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,5 @@
-<gloss>final cause</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513930">質料因・しつりょういん</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513920">形相因・けいそういん</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2513950">作用因・さよういん</xref>
+<field>&phil;</field>
+<gloss>final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")</gloss>
1. A 2009-08-24 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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