- first cause
- noun Date: 14th century the self-created ultimate source of all being
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first cause — n. 1. a primary cause of anything; source 2. [F C ] Theol. God as the uncaused cause of all being … English World dictionary
first cause — index derivation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
First Cause — Theol. God. [1895 1900] * * * In philosophy, the uncreated or self created cause to which every series of causes must ultimately be traced. Used by ancient Greek thinkers, the concept was adopted by the Christian tradition and became the basis of … Universalium
first cause — noun an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause God is the first cause • Syn: ↑prime mover, ↑primum mobile • Hypernyms: ↑causal agent, ↑cause, ↑causal agency * * * … Useful english dictionary
first cause — /fɜst ˈkɔz/ (say ferst kawz) noun a cause which does not depend upon another: God is the first cause …
first cause argument — One of the classic arguments for the existence of God. Every event in the natural world has a preceding cause. But this opens up a regress of causes stretching back forever in time. To stop the regress we must postulate a first cause, and this… … Philosophy dictionary
First Cause — noun Philosophy a supposed ultimate cause of all events, which does not itself have a cause, identified with God … English new terms dictionary
first cause — noun That which causes everything else; the ultimate creative force or being behind the universe, identified with God by such Christian thinkers as . Syn: first mover, prime mover … Wiktionary
first-cause argument — /ferrst kawz /, Philos. an argument for the existence of God, asserting the necessity of an uncaused cause of all subsequent series of causes, on the assumption that an infinite regress is impossible. Cf. cosmological argument. * * * … Universalium
first-cause argument — /ferrst kawz /, Philos. an argument for the existence of God, asserting the necessity of an uncaused cause of all subsequent series of causes, on the assumption that an infinite regress is impossible. Cf. cosmological argument … Useful english dictionary
