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单词 moral cause
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moral cause
moral cause n. Philosophy and Theology (now rare) a causal agent or agency which prompts or inclines a person to a certain action (as opposed to necessitating the occurrence of the action in the manner of a physical cause).
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1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick vii. 38 Our Saviour Christ is the morall cause of all supernaturall things, when by his obedience, he deserved, that God should bestow them upon vs.
1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. xvii. 63 Author, here is said to be him who proposing Reasons, persuades the principal Cause either to, or from Action: He is also call'd the Moral Cause.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iv. ii. §1. 180 Thus we project into the realm of space a moral cause.
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