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单词 vera causa
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Definition of vera causa in English:

vera causa

nounPlural verae causae ˌvɛːrə ˈkaʊzə
historical
  • (in Newtonian philosophy) the true cause of a natural phenomenon, by an agency whose existence is independently evidenced.

    〈主史〉(牛顿哲学用语)自然现象的真正原因

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An unconscious idea is neither a vera causa nor a fact ultimately to be verified.
    • This element of Newton's first Rule we can call by its common name, the vera causa principle.
    • Explanation meant first detecting a vera causa, identifying a theoretically competent cause.
    • But the doctrine of the vera causa has nothing to do with elementary conceptions.
    • They admit variation as a vera causa in one case, they arbitrarily reject it in another, without assigning any distinction in the two cases.

Origin

Latin, literally 'real cause'.

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