Reflection Paper #14

Aristotle’s impact in modern western education with the four causes was that the four causes form several divisions. The amount of the separation or division depends on the questions “why” may be answered. The first cause is Materialist views and for instance he thought a square is a square and it will not change you have to make the best of what you have in the square and make it work. It’s like when you use bronze to make a bronze statute there is no change in the material just in the structure. The second cause is that objects form a pattern and you get what you form but what you get from it is much more worthy. This cause is like parents forming their children to be religious, respectful and productive individuals. When parents are successful in accomplishing this they outcome is so worth their time and energy put into the cause. The third cause is the initiating source of change or rest. Your health is a cause for you to exercise and to be healthy. In order to stay healthy you visit your doctor, this is the initiating part of the third cause. This is the cause and effect theory. The fourth cause is the about the purpose of a thing or situation the ending. The reason you exercise is to stay healthy and the reason you go and get an education is to get an education and become successful and be a productive citizen to society not a burden. And in the “Unmoved Mover” Aristotle referred to the unmoved mover as God which was a being. The being is a mover and shaker. Motion that is one and simple and the being is perfect and eternal but does not take on interest in the world.