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In the [[metaphysics]] of [[Aristotle]], the '''final cause''' is that which is given in reply to the question: "What is its good?". What is singled out in the answer is that for the sake of which something is done or takes place. All the four (kinds of) causes may enter in a non-coincidental way in the explanation of something.

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