| 单词 | formal cause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasformal cause The four causes of Aristotle were the efficient cause, the force, instrument, or agency by which a thing is produced; the formal cause (see quot. 1678); the material cause, the elements or matter from which it is produced; the final cause, the purpose or end for which it is produced (see 4b). The First Cause, the original cause or Creator of the Universe; secondary causes, those derived from a primary or first cause. occasional causes in Cartesian philosophy: see occasional adj. and n., occasionalism n.extracted from causen.formal cause a. metaphorical. Pertaining to the form or constitutive essence of a thing; essential. Opposed to material. So formal cause (see cause n. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [adjective] > essential or constituting the essence formalc1386 substantial1422 essential1546 radical1562 constitutive1610 essentifical1656 constituent1659 vital1659 qualifying1704 constitutional1750 staminal1798 substantive1858 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [adjective] > of or relating to entities or existence of entities > of form or essence formalc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋433 The cause material been the fyve woundes of thy doghter. The cause formal is the manere of hir werkinge. c1430 Art Nombryng (1922) 1 Sothely .2. manere of nombres ben notifiede; Materialle, as nombre is vnitees gadrede to gedres; Formalle, as nombre is a colleccione of vnitees. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 1 The more clere That it may be the formal cause [He] Settyth in dew ordre clause be clause. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 26 They be good, as in respect of their bare being; and euill, as in respect that they forgo their formal being, that is to say, their goodnesse. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 55 Man is..fit to loue the knowne good..this fitnes floweth from his reasonable soule or formall being. 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 22 Of Letters the Material part is Breath and Voice; the Formal is constituted by the Motions and Figure of the Organs of Speech affecting Breath with a peculiar sound, by which each Letter is discriminated. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 37 For deceit is the formal, constituent reason of hypocrisy. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. ii. 71 Different virtues needs must be the fruits Of formal principles. 1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. v. §3 Whatever Term can be affirmed of several things, must express either their whole essence..or a part of their essence, (viz. either the material part, which is called the Genus, or the formal and distinguishing part, which is called Differentia). < as lemmas |
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