目もく的てき因いん

noun

final cause

In Aristotelian philosophy, the purpose or end for which something exists; one of the four causes. Often contrasted with 質料因 (material cause), 形相因 (formal cause), and 作用因 (efficient cause).

See also: 質料因 · 形相因 · 作用因

• アリストテレスの四し原げん因いん説せつでは、目もく的てき因いんは物もの事ごとの究きゅう極きょく的てきな目もく的てきを指さす。

  In Aristotle's theory of the four causes, the final cause refers to the ultimate purpose of a thing.