Aristotle

Material

The substance of something

Efficient

The cause of somthing

Formal

The form of something

Final

The purpose of something

Everthing is in a state of change, or movement

Everything has the potential to become something else

Something must give everything its purpose to realise its potential

Something is causing this 'movement'

Has Necessary existence

Outside the Universe

Outside time

Unchanging

Spiritual not physical

Similar to the modern idea of God

Influenced Aquinas' Cosmological Argument

Characteristics

Eternal

Good

Has a gravitational effect

We are drawn towards him

Thinks only of himself

Only knows of himself

No relationship with anything else

Knows nothing of the world

Unable to intervene

Is THE Final Cause of everything