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(theology, philosophy, sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

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first cause

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first cause

Noun

capitalized sometimes

(theology, philosophy, sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

Japanese Meaning

第一原因：すべての原因や結果の根源となる初めの原因 / 始原因：他のすべての因果関係を生み出す起源となる原因

Philosophers debated whether the universe requires a first cause that itself is uncaused.

哲学者たちは、宇宙がそれ自身は原因を持たない第一原因を必要とするかどうかを議論した。

Sense（1）

(theology, philosophy, sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

first causes

（ plural ）