final cause

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With these he closely connected the idea of Final Cause.

From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John

Taking for his text the first verse of Genesis, he paraphrased it: 'In the beginning, all things projected themselves from within outward, and evolved a Final Cause out of the depths of their individual consciousness.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

The Final Cause of the Difference between the Passions belonging to Self-Preservation, and those which regard the Society of the Sexes 113 X. Of Beauty 114 XI.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

He is the internal or self-realized Final Cause, having no end beyond Himself.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

He desired a knowledge of causes that did not dwell simply on what was secondary but led back to the First and Final Cause.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie