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Aristotle outlined four causes that established the end purpose of an object or action. They are as follows: the material cause, the efficient cause, the formal cause and the final cause. Aristotle believed that the final cause was different from the other three causes and was the most important of the four. Objects, whether they are animate or inanimate tend to have all four of the causes although it is not necessary to have all …

…at the world that surrounds us we can gain insight into the ways of the earth. This has been the basis for many arguments to the existence of God and the design argument as many people believe that a system as complex as the earth must have a purpose and a creator. In Christian thought this would be to strive for good and God. Aristotle would have cased these ideas the final and efficient causes.