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V. Human Life; its various Relations and Conditions
3. Cause – Motive – Origin

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causam afferre– to quote as a reason; give as excuse.

iustis de 59 causis– for valid reasons.

magnae (graves) necessariae causae– cogent, decisive reasons.

non sine causa– on good grounds; reasonably.

quid causae fuit cur…?– how came it that…?

causa posita est in aliqua re– the motive, cause, is to be found in…

causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda) – the motive, cause, is to be found in…

multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut…– I was induced by several considerations to…

causam interponere or interserere– to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason.

praetendere, praetexere aliquid– to make something an excuse, pretext.

causam idoneam nancisci– to find a suitable pretext.

per causam (with Gen.) – under the pretext, pretence of…

causae rerum et consecutiones– cause and effect.

causae extrinsecus allatae (opp. in ipsa re positae) – extraneous causes.

rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae– concatenation, interdependence of causes.

ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent– important results are often produced by trivial causes.

ex aliqua re nasci, manare– to originate in, arise from.

ab aliqua re proficisci– to originate in, arise from.

ex aliqua re redundare (in or ad aliquid) – to accrue in great abundance.

utilitas efflorescit ex aliqua re– untold advantages arise from a thing.

e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre) – to draw from the fountain-head.

haec ex eodem fonte fluunt, manant– these things have the same origin.

fons et caput (vid. sect. III., note caput…) – source, origin.

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Notice the order; so regularly ea and qua de causa; but ob eam causam not eam ob causam. For the meaning of iustus cf. xvi. 5 bellum iustum and xvi. 10a praelium iustum.

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