sufficient reason
noun philosophy
the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
the view that such an explanation is a reason for God to have chosen one alternative rather than another
Words nearby sufficient reason
suffice, suffice it to say, sufficiency, sufficient, sufficient condition, sufficient reason, suffix, sufflate, suffocate, suffocative goiter, suffolk
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