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Definition 1 — Part I

English (Elwes 1883)also show

Latin

Per causam sui intelligo id cujus essentia involvit existentiam sive id cujus natura non potest concipi nisi existens.

English (Elwes 1883)

By that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent.

Modern English

By causa sui I mean that whose essence involves existence, that whose nature cannot be conceived as anything but existing.

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