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'Metaphysics', 'The Power of Words' and 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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1894
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Some say that causes are physical, some say not [Sext.Empiricus]
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561
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Is there cause outside matter, and can it be separated, and is it one or many? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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1896
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If there were no causes then everything would have been randomly produced by everything [Sext.Empiricus]
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1897
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Knowing an effect results from a cause means knowing that the cause belongs with the effect, which is circular [Sext.Empiricus]
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1898
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Cause can't exist before effect, or exist at the same time, so it doesn't exist [Sext.Empiricus]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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1895
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Causes are either equal to the effect, or they link equally with other causes, or they contribute slightly [Sext.Empiricus]
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588
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We exercise to be fit, but need fitness to exercise [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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634
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Pure Forms and numbers can't cause anything, and especially not movement [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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14543
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When a power and its object meet in the right conditions, an action necessarily follows [Aristotle]
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