Philosophical concept
First cause
First cause names the principle on which an order of causes depends, rather than merely the earliest event in an ordinary temporal sequence.
- Works
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- Passages
- 455
- Thinkers
- 1
- Traditions
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Understand uses of the concept
First cause names the principle on which an order of causes depends, rather than merely the earliest event in an ordinary temporal sequence.
In the current corpus, this annotation connects 455 passages across 1 works, including Summa Contra Gentiles. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.
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Works where the concept is identified
- Summa Contra GentilesThomas Aquinas · 455 passages