单词 | effective cause |
释义 | > as lemmaseffective cause effective cause n. an efficient cause. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 106 Þe firmament sendiþ þe vertu of his liȝt, þat is effectif cause of generacioun, to þe erþe. ?1574 T. Hill Contempl. Myst. f. 68 The materiall or effectiue cause neare to the Earthquake, is the exhalation..engendred and included within the caues..of the earth. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. 466 But he that so assists, that he is the great effective cause of the evil which without his aide would not have been done at all, is intirely guilty. 1743 D. Brooker Cathedral Music 12 I would not be misunderstood..that th assemblage of Instruments and Voices were any ways the effective Cause of the Glory's Appearance. 1892 Philos. Rev. 1 586 Mechanicalism: mechanical causes, in the sense of Kant, are assumed as the sole effective cause and are placed in opposition to teleological causes. 1950 Mod. Law Rev. 13 239 Causes fall into two categories, contributing and effective. 2001 Studia Islamica 92 183 Even if we accept that only God can be an effective cause. < as lemmas |
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