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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
material cause en · NOUN
Meanings
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(natural) The stuff or matter of which something is made.
In the production of a statue of Athena for the Parthenon, the bronze is the material''' cause; the shape and design of the statue is the formal cause; the sculptor is the efficient cause; the honor of the goddess (and the glory of Athens) is the final cause.
1998, R. J. Schork, Greek and Hellenic Culture in Joyce, →ISBN, page 176:
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