Extrinsic cause cannot specify human acts

The end is an extrinsic cause. But everything is specified by an intrinsic principle. Therefore human acts are not specified by their end.

Objection 1. It would seem that human acts are not specified by their end. For the end is an extrinsic cause. But everything is specified by an intrinsic principle. Therefore human acts are not specified by their end.
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3. Whether human acts are specified by their end?
It would seem not
Extrinsic cause cannot specify human acts
The end is not altogether extrinsic to the act
One thing cannot be specified multiple times
Specifying thing should exist before specified
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