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Additionally, things can be causes of one another, causing

each other reciprocally, as hard work causes fitness and vice


versa, although not in the same way or function, the one is as
the beginning of change, the other as the goal. (Thus Aristotle
first suggested a reciprocal or circular causality as a relation of
mutual dependence or influence of cause upon effect). Moreover, Aristotle indicated that the same thing can be the cause
of contrary effects; its presence and absence may result in different outcomes. Simply it is the goal or purpose that brings
about an event. Our two dominoes require someone or something to intentionally knock over the first domino, because it
cannot fall of its own accord.

Aristotle marked two modes of causation: proper (prior)


causation and accidental (chance) causation. All causes,
proper and incidental, can be spoken as potential or as actual,
particular or generic. The same language refers to the effects
of causes, so that generic effects assigned to generic causes,
particular effects to particular causes, operating causes to
actual effects. Essentially, causality does not suggest a temporal relation between the cause and the effect.

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