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To understand Aristotle's idea of the 'final cause', you must first understand his theology on the 4 causes, as a whole. 

A brief introduction to Aristotle and his basic concepts might be ...

Before I answer, I will shorten 'World of the Forms' usually to WoF, and shorten 'World of Appearences' to WoA 

Central to understanding the cave analogy is understanding Plato's theory o...

To get top marks in a question like this, when you are writing your paragraphs, you must include three things, which are; citing references from all across the book to show you've read all of it and no...

In the Institutes, God separates out our natural knowledge of God as Creator and revealed knowledge of God the Redeemer. 

His basic idea is that we have an in-built, instin...

Albedo is the reflectivity of a surface. A surface that has a high albedo reflects a lot of solar radiation from the sun back into the atmosphere, whilst a surface that has a low albedo ...