...: the cause is a cause of the effect ; the effect is an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the absolute implies a possible existence...infinite become that which it was not from the first 1 If causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite ;...

...; the cause is a cause of the effect ; the effect is an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence...Infinite become that which it was not from the first 1 If causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite,...

...; the cause is a cause of the effect ; the effect is an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence...How can the Infinite become that which it was not froin the first 1 If causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is...

...: the cause is и cause of the effect; the effect u an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence...introducing the idea of succession in time. The Absolute exist* tiisl by itself.and afterwards become» a cause. But here we are checked by the third conception,...

...effect is an effect of the cause. On the oiher hand, the conception of the Ahsolute implies a possihle existence out of all relation. We attempt to escape from this apparent contradiction hy introducing the idea of succession in lime. The Ahsolute existe first hy itself.aud afterwurds hecomes...

...: the cause is a cause of the effect ; the effect is an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence out of all relation (22). We attempt to escape from this apparent contradiction, by introducing the idea of succession...

...: the cause is a cause of the effect ; the effect is an effect of the cause. On the other hand, the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence out of all relation. <22) "We attempt to escape from this apparent contradiction, by introducing the idea of succession...

...relation to the effect. The two conceptions thus mutually exclude each other. " We attempt to escape the apparent contradiction by introducing the idea of...Infinite become that which it was not from the first ?" There is and can be no becoming in God, for he is actus purissimus; all in him is actual, and nothing...

...causes it is not a cause, consequently is made a cause by what it causes ! " On the other hand the conception of the Absolute implies a possible existence out of all relation." The absolute is that which is free from all relation, but a cause is under a particular relation to...

...implies a possible existence eternally out of all relation, though it may paradoxically be said that it exists first by itself, and afterwards becomes a cause. But here we are checked by the mysterious elements of the infinite, which are contained in it, and I ask : How can the infinite become...