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causa materialis

The "material cause" in the traditional model of causality, the causa materialis is the silver in the example of the chalice. Heidegger contrasts this concept with the Greek hyle.

See page 313.

• Bestand
• fortgewähren
• fortwähren
• gewähren
• Gestell
• herausfordern
• Ursache
• währen
• Wesen

• aition
• apophainesthai
• eidos
• hyle
• legein
• logos
• telos

• causa
• causa efficiens
• causa finalis
• causa formalis
• causa materialis
• quid
• quidditas