| 单词 | mediate cause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmediate cause mediate cause n. a cause which operates not directly but by means of an intermediate agency; a cause which underlies or gives rise to other (more apparent) causes; cf. final cause at cause n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause > remote or not immediate remote1563 mediate cause1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §400 The Immediate Cause of Death, is the Resolution or Extinguishment of the Spirits; And..the Destruction or Corruption of the Organs is but the Mediate Cause. 1748 D. Hume Philos. Ess. Human Understanding viii. 162 Nor is it possible to explain distinctly, how the Deity can be the mediate Cause of all the Actions of Men. 1835 R. Mant Brit. Months II. x. 395 He flew, To note, as rul'd by certain laws, But leave untold the mediate cause. 1992 Nous 26 475 When we perceive [the woman's act of kindness] we form an idea of the woman's kindness... This idea is the mediate cause of the moral sentiment. < as lemmas |
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