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... cause ( i.e. , the agent that initiates the process of change ) . The notion of an efficient cause has a role in Aristotelianism - as Aristotle put it , it takes a man , a developed specimen of his kind , to beget a man ; it is ...
... cause ( i.e. , the agent that initiates the process of change ) . The notion of an efficient cause has a role in Aristotelianism - as Aristotle put it , it takes a man , a developed specimen of his kind , to beget a man ; it is ...
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... cause of fire blight in pears , thereby estab- lishing that certain plant diseases are caused by bacteria . The importance of some bacteria in soil and their contri- bution to soil fertility was recognized in the 1880s and 1890s . The ...
... cause of fire blight in pears , thereby estab- lishing that certain plant diseases are caused by bacteria . The importance of some bacteria in soil and their contri- bution to soil fertility was recognized in the 1880s and 1890s . The ...
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... caused " in a special sense ; they have a teleological rather than an efficient or mechanical cause , or an immanent ( or originating ) cause rather than one that is merely a reaction to , or modification of , an action coming from some ...
... caused " in a special sense ; they have a teleological rather than an efficient or mechanical cause , or an immanent ( or originating ) cause rather than one that is merely a reaction to , or modification of , an action coming from some ...
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