喺第八冊，第四章頁面存檔備份，存於中，亞裏士多德提出解釋原因嘅方法：既然原因有各種唔同嘅含義，就將所有原因都應該說明，於是就有質料因、形式因、動力因、目的因。
In Book VIII, Chapter 4, where Aristotle proposes a method of explaining causes: since causes have different meanings, all causes should be stated, so there are material causes, formal causes, dynamic causes, and teleological causes.