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title: On Causes
title_greek: Περὶ αἰτιῶν
author: Zosimus of Panopolis
eul_wid: tyc-cl
eul_aid: tyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-causes-tyc-cl"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Causes

*Περὶ αἰτιῶν*

**Author:** Zosimus of Panopolis

**eul_wid:** `tyc-cl` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-causes-tyc-cl)

## Text

### 2.206.(1t)

〈ΠΕΡΙ ΑΙΤΙΩΝ〉 Τέσσαρα γάρ εἰσιν αἴτια κατὰ τὸν φυσικὸν Ἀριστοτέλην παντὸς γενητοῦ· ποιητικὸν, ὑλικὸν, ὀργανικὸν καὶ εἰδικὸν, οἷον ἡ θύρα ποιητικὸν αἴτιον ἔχει τὸν τέκτονα τὸν ποιήσαντα, ὑλικὸν, ξύλον, σίδηρον, κόλλαν, ὀργανικὸν σκέπαρνον, τέρετρον, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ, εἰδικὸν, αὐτὸ τὸ ἔνυλον εἶδος θύρας, ἢ ἄλλο τι. Κατὰ δὲ Πλάτωνα · καὶ ἕτερα δύο εἰσίν, παραδειγματικὸν καὶ ἀποτελεσματικόν.

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