Causality

Causality
Causality Cau*sal"i*ty, n.; pl. {Causalities}. 1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. [1913 Webster]

The causality of the divine mind. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]

2. (Phren.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. --G. Combe. [1913 Webster]


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