英语词汇“efficient cause”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	efficient cause
释义	efficient cause noun Philosophy An agent that brings a thing into being or initiates a change.By contrast, intelligent design as he sees it is about final causes, not efficient causes.... Aristotle, however, does not regard efficient causes as radically different from material and formal causes. However, on a deeper level, there must be an efficient cause to explain why a city-state acquires its constitution in the first place.
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