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How to Think Like a Thomist: The Four Causes

How to Think Like a Thomist: The Four Causes

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
What all humans want to know is the causes of things; it is why one of the most important questions we can ask is, “Why?”. Following Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas thinks that there are four ways to answer this question. In this lesson, you’ll learn about Aristotle and St. Thomas’s answer to this question—the four…