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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

Formal Cause
(also called Form).— 1. A principle of act.
Formal Logic
(also called Minor Logic).— The division of logic that studies the form of valid argumentation. In the Aristotelian Organon, formal logic is treated in On Interpretation and the Prior Analytics. The...
Four Causes
formal cause, material cause, efficient cause, final cause.
Freedom
1. Immunity from constraint. 2. Absolute or relative independence. 3. Self-determination in relation to a finite and contingent good.
Friendship
A relationship between persons in which each wills the good of the other and is aware of the reciprocation. More succinctly, it is reciprocated goodwill and awareness of the reciprocation. In the Aris...

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