质料因
- 网络the material cause;matter;causa materialis;hule
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然而，下面的命题却是假的：“由于某物仰慕目的，因而它引发了结果”以及“因为它产生了结果，因此形式赋形，物质作为质料因”；不过这些命题被广为认可。
Otherwise the following propositions would be false : " because something loves the end , therefore it causes the effect " and " because it produces the effect , therefore the form informs and the matter functions as material cause "; nevertheless these propositions are commonly admitted .
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何谓对这类事物究根问底，探求真理？就是把事物分为质料和形式因。
What is the investigation into the truth in this matter ? The division into that which is material and that which is the cause of form , the formal .