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Concept: [Constant antecedent] Cause.
Category: 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
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causa latet vis est notissima [Ovid]; felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas [Vergil. "Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things" (Latin)].
Antonyms: effect
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Concept: Agent.
Category: 1. Simple voluntary action
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quorum pars magna fui [Vergil]; faber est quisque fortunae suae.
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Concept: Circumstance.
Category: 4. MODAL EXISTENCE; Relative
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" yet are my sins not those of circumstance " [Lytton].
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Concept: [Constant sequent] Effect.
Category: 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
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cela va sans dire ["That goes without saying" (French)], "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
Antonyms: cause
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Concept: Lawsuit.
Category: 5. Institutions
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adjuc sub judice lis est; accedas ad curiam; transeat in exemplum.
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Concept: Motive.
Category: 2. Causes of volition
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fax mentis incendium gloriae; "temptation hath a music for all ears" [Willis]; "to beguile many and be beguiled by one" [Othello].
Antonyms: absence of motive
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Concept: Necessity.
Category: 1. Acts of Volition
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it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea; che sara sara; "it is written"; one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed; Fata obstant; diis aliter gvisum; actum me invito factus, non est meus actus;
Antonyms: will
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Concept: Occasion.
Category: 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to an effect or purpose
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carpe diem, [Horace. "Seize the day" (Latin)]; occasionem cognosce ["Recognize the opportunity" (Latin)]; one's hour is come, the time is up; that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it; bien perdu bien connu ["We only know what we have when we have lost it" (French)]; è sempre l'ora ["It is always the time" (Italian)]; ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius; nosce tempus ["Know the right time" (Latin)]; nunc aut
Antonyms: untimeliness
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