Plato's Primary Causes

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He attempts to try to reach the audience and tries to explain his reasoning for letting go of the primary causes, he believes if one is to let go of the reasons of the natural man's desires one may enjoy freedom. These primary causes are described by Aristotle and Plato as follows: The material cause: aspect of the change or movement which is determined by the material that composes the moving or changing thing The formal cause: "the form" the account of what it is to be The efficient cause: the primary source of change or rest The final cause: the end, that for the sake of which a thing is done Another example of the Underground Man's rebellious nature against reason is such: "Where are the primary causes on which I can rest, where

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