Full Idea
The accepted types of cause are nature, necessity and chance, and also mind and human agency.
Gist of Idea
Types of cause are nature, necessity and chance, and mind and human agency
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1112a28)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.118
A Reaction
Aristotle accepts this traditional analysis, but also has his own four types (material, formal, efficient and final). Presumably 'nature' would be contingent causes. 'Chance' seems the odd one out. 'Mind' seems to imply free will.