law of causation
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An intelligence sufficiently wide and penetrating would, following the strict law of causation, be able to produce all lines of the present with absolute certainty immeasurably far into the future.
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon
If man is purely material, and the law of causation is universal, where, he asks, "is the place for virtue, for praise, for blame?"
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Quite unquestionably a great deals depends upon what is meant by causation, and still more upon the use made of the law of causation by theists.
From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman
Another weighty objection against the Lutheran theory of justification is that it disregards the law of causation.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
He can only appeal to the law of causation.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
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