Final Causes

absolute according action adaptation admit analogy animal appears argument Aristotle blind called causality chance chap co-ordination coincidence combination conceive conception consequently contrary created creation Cuvier Darwin Descartes determinate difficulty divine doctrine doubt effect efficient cause elements Epicurean evident evolution existence explain external fact Fénelon final causes force foresight fortuitous function given hand harmony Hegel human industry hypothesis idea Iliad immanent induction infinite instance instinct intelligent cause internal finality Kant Lamarck Leibnitz less Lisbon living Lucretius machine Malebranche Manichæism matter means mechanical medium mind motion natural selection necessary objection organs pantheism perfect phenomena phenomenon philosophy Plato point of view possible precisely present principle of final produce proof properties prove purely question reason recognise relation result retina Sankhya sort soul species Spinoza suffice suppose theory things thought tion true truth universe Voltaire whole word