| 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)].
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| 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].
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| 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].
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| 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;
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| 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
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| Antonyms: | untimeliness |
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