Cause

Works to read

• An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (with Further Observations and A Continuation of Facts) by Edward Jenner, 1798–1800
• Parts of Animals by Aristotle, c. 350-322 BC · Great Books
• The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, 1621
• Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell, 1830-1833
• A System of Logic, Book III: Of Induction by John Stuart Mill, 1843
• Posterior Analytics and Physics by Aristotle, 4th century BCE · Great Books
• On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle, c. 350 BC · Great Books
• History of Animals by Aristotle, c. 350-322 BC · Great Books
• Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens, 1690 · Great Books
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume, 1748 · Great Books
• A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, 1916-1917 (English 1920) · Great Books
• Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind by Benjamin Rush, 1812

Passages

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• Causes are spoken of in many senses, and even of those which are of the same kind some are causes in a prior and others in a posterior sense, e.g. both 'the physician' and 'the professional man' are causes of health, and both 'the ratio 2:1' and 'number' are causes of the octave, and the classes that include any particular cause are always causes of the particular effect.

  — Aristotle, Metaphysics

• In investigating the cause of each thing it is always necessary to seek what is most precise (as also in other things) : thus man builds because he is a builder, and a builder builds in virtue of his art of building.

  — Aristotle, Posterior Analytics and Physics

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