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title: 'Energy: Efficient and Final Cause'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1883-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Causality'
- 'Metaphysics'
- 'Natural Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 1'
- 'Psalms 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1883-energy-efficient-and-final-cause
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# Energy: Efficient and Final Cause

McCosh analyzes physical and psychical causation, the plurality of causes and effects, conservation of energy, and the philosophical implications for design and a First Cause.

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