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Full Idea
A true cause as I understand it is one such that the mind perceives a necessary connection between it and its effects.
Gist of Idea
A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect
Source
Nicolas Malebranche (The Union of Body and Soul [1675], p.116)
Book Ref
'The Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Beakley,B /Ludlow P [MIT 1992], p.116
12726 | In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche] |
16669 | Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche] |
2594 | A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche] |