Title: On efficient causality : metaphysical disputations 17, 18, and 19 /
Authors: Suárez, Francisco, 1548-1617.; Freddoso, Alfred J.
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Aristotle Influence Philosophy, Renaissance.; Causation Early works to 1800.; Necessity (Philosophy) Early works to 1800.; Philosophy, Renaissance.
Contents: Sect. 9. Whether, in Order to Act, an Efficient Cause Requires a Patient That Is Dissimilar to It, and in What Proportion. Sect. 10. Whether Action Is the Proper Notion of Causing for an Efficient Cause -- That Is, Its Causality. Sect. 11. Whether an Efficient Cause Corrupts or Destroys a Thing by Effecting Something, and How.