greek patternThe Greeks were very conscious of change,greek pattern
greek pattern with Aristotle's doctrine of the four causes: Greek pattern

MATERIAL Greek female "that from which, as its constitutive material, something comes, for example the bronze of the statue ..."
The formal cause in that case is an account of what the statue is - a statue, perhaps of the goddess Athena. FORMAL
Athena EFFICIENT "the source of the first beginning of change, ... for example ... the father is the cause of the child."
and FINAL.Owl This is the purpose, "that for the sake of which [something is done], as health is that of walking around ..."
Metaphysics, cited in Flew A (Ed.) A Dictionary of Philosophy, Pan reference.

Experienced health professionals will readily identify with Aristotle's causes.